The Metropolitan of Mesogea and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, issued a statement this week initially reminding that many countries in Europe, along with North America, are allowing the opening of houses of worship for services in the presence of worshippers. His Eminence, at the same time, bemoaned the fact that stricter measures on Church-going have…

Days before a closely watched EU summit, where the prospect of sanctions against Turkey is on the horizon, the Islamist Erdogan regime continues to boost and finance the remaking of modern Turkey into a Muslim-dominated state and society. Specifically, Turkish vice-president Fuat Oktay this week announced that the biggest increases in the country’s budget for…

The Church today venerates the memory of Porphyrios the Kapsokalivytis, a 20th century saint of the Orthodox Church who was a Mount Athos hieromonk. A video on this saint’s life, works and miracles is posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency, 29 years since his repose, featuring an interview with his attending…

“I prayed for the health of the doctors while I was in the hospital, because I saw how difficult it was while they had to tend to the numerous patients. And no one is insured against this insidious disease,” says priest Zoran Mamuchevski to BNR correspondent in the region of Veliko Tarnovo, Zdravka Maslyankova, only…

On Sunday, November 29, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over Great Vespers at the Cathedral of St Andrew the Apostle in Kentish Town, London. On Monday, November 30, His Eminence presided over Matins and served the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St Andrew the Apostle in Kentish Town, London.        …

In December 2020, St. Andrew’s Church in Kyiv will reopen for visitors after almost five years of restoration works. “All the paintings, icons and iconostasis have been completely restored, the stucco has been cleaned and the floor has been polished. Engineering networks have been replaced; new lighting, heating, air supply systems and windows have been…

The granting of the Tomos of Autocephaly opened new prospects for a more harmonious development of Christianity in Ukraine. “The granting of the Tomos of Autocephaly opened new prospects for a more harmonious development of Christianity in Ukraine and allowed for meeting spiritual needs of believers belonging to the Byzantine Christianity in full,” Prime Minister…

The Feast Day of St Andrew the First- Called Apostle was celebrated with splendor at St Andrew’s Grammar On Monday, November 30, 2020, the Feast Day of St Andrew, the First- Called Apostle, was celebrated at St Andrew’s Grammar with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the presence of His Grace Bishop Elpidios of…

The keynote address delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, on the occasion of the Institute’s 50th anniversary since its establishment. “Bioethical Challenges at the Beginning of Life and the Orthodox Church”