A new company Bagineti+ will engage in rehabilitation of the Church of the Mother of God in Gelati Monastery Complex, the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation decided. Due to the failure to remedy flaws identified during the temporary roofing works carried out within the framework of preventive efforts, the project companies, International Center for…

His Grace Bishop Silvester of Gulu and Eastern Uganda joined the Orthodox Faithful of St. Nicholas orthodox Cathedral in a special service to remember the life of the first metropolitan of the Orthodox faith in Uganda, our father His Eminence Metropolitan Theodoros Nankyama of Kampala and all Uganda on the feast of Saint Anthony the…

Amid the economic crises in Lebanon, the team of Our Lady Dispensary, affiliated to the Middle East Council of Churches and located in Sabtiyeh – Lebanon, helped 800 people affected by the difficult living conditions, by providing medical services, which prices are increasing daily. Therefore, the team continued distributing medication especially to elderly with chronic…

In an effort to support Syrian society and address its needs, MECC distributed 255 food kits to families affected by the fires that broke out in a number of villages in the Christian Valley and Safita. The aim of these distributions was to assist families whose farmlands were affected and consequently, they lost their income…

A poll made by the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology – CURS between January 11-15 found that the Church remains the most trusted institution in Romania. The research report showed that 62% of the Romanians place a high and very high degree of trust in the Church. On the second place came local councils,…

New York, NY – Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has been invited by the Presidential Inaugural Committee to offer prayer at the Virtual Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service. The Service will be held on Thursday, January 21, at 10:00 AM ET. Then-President Joe Biden will join the virtual event hosted by the Washington National Cathedral, and the…

On this week’s episode of “Live with the Louhs,” a radio ministry of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, Fr. Nicholas and his wife, Dr. Roxanne Louh, a Clinical Psychologist, will be speaking to two African American Orthodox Christian Priests, Fr. Paul Abernathy, a relative of the late Civil Rights icon, Ralph Abernathy and Fr. Martin Johnson,…

Service Leadership Training for Rising High-School Seniors Baltimore, Maryland (January, 2021) – International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has opened the application period for its popular youth leadership conference, Serv-X-Treme. Two week-long conferences are scheduled for July, with spots available for at-large applications and bishop-nominated participants. Now in its eighth year, Serv-X-Treme is IOCC’s signature youth…

Students at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology have several new opportunities to broaden their intellectual and spiritual knowledge this spring semester by learning from distinguished visiting scholars. His Grace Bishop Maxim (Vasiljevic), the Bishop of Los Angeles and the Western American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, will offer an elective course in…