Despite all the financial difficulties of 2020, the Archdiocese of Timișoara of the Romanian Orthodox Church spent more than $1 million on various philanthropic activities. The matter was discussed at a diocesan assembly under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan John of Banat held on Saturday, January 23. According to the official site of the…

The clergy of the Diocese of Bukoba of the Patriarchate of Alexandria are grateful to God for the financial assistance they will be receiving from Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos. The Diocese earlier requested that the monastery offer assistance, and on Saturday, January 23, the monastery called and said they would cover the priests’ monthly…

With the blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos, the Metropolis Greek Language and Culture Ministry invites you to attend a virtual celebration of Greek Letters Day and the Feast of the Three Hierarchs. This live-stream event will be hosted by the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Anchorage, Alaska on Saturday, January 30 from 2:00…

Since my arrival to Australia in June 2019, I have not, for a moment, stopped praising and thanking God who led my steps to this blessed land. I have already declared it, but I repeat it and absolutely mean it. With each passing day, I come to the greater and deeper realization that it is…

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The Bulgarian Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Lovec, His Eminence Gavriil, was quoted this month as saying it may be time to finally examine the issue of recognizing as martyrs the clerics murdered during the communist era in the Balkan country. His Eminence called on researchers, historians and college students to seek out information and documentation detailing…

The Friends of the Bukoba Holy Mission in Tanzania this week extended their warm thanks and appreciation to the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos for accepting an appeal by the Bukoba Bishopric of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, by which the Monastery covers the humble monthly salaries of the latter’s clergymen. A…

  The head of the Russian Patriarchal Commission on family matters, protection of motherhood and childhood, Fr. Theodor Lukianov, this month again touched on the issue of surrogate motherhood, a phenomenon that has expanded in Russia of late. Fr. Theodor represented the Russian Orthodox Church in a session of a special experts’ work group studying…

The new minister of Justice in Montenegro, Vladimir Leposavic, this month referred to the utterly controversial law on religious institutions, passed by the previous government in the small Adriatic country. That law generated stern opposition by the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, with almost weekly protests and rallies held around the country. Leposavic referred to a…