The renovated Holy Church of the Annunciation of Our Lady, or Evangelismos tis Theotokou, is preparing to open its doors to the faithful before Christmas for the first time after a disastrous fire in 2016. The fire blazed through much of the Church’s interior on the day after Easter in 2016, and restoration work has…

According to Premier, a group of church leaders has said it will sue the government over its decision to close churches in the new lockdown set to begin on Thursday. Seventy-one church leaders have signed the pre-action letter asking the government not to impose a ban on worship services and say they will pursue judicial review…

A mural of His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije, the newly-departed head of the Metropolis of Montenegro of the Serbian Orthodox Church, appeared in the city of Nis, Serbia. It was painted by Sava Mišić next to an elementary school, reports Mitropolija.com. The location of the mural was specifically chosen so children could see the portrait of Metropolitan Amfilohije and…

Vladimir Legoyda, Head of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, called this “the most blatant discrimination”. A Mississippi family is suing their young daughter’s school on the grounds of religious discrimination after the principal told the girl to remove a face-mask with the words “Jesus Loves Me” printed across it….

The Orthodox Church treats people with non-traditional orientation with pastoral responsibility, not driving them out of churches, but helping them to overcome their unnatural attraction, said Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. “We treat people with non-traditional sexual orientation with pastoral responsibility. We do not expel…

On Thursday, October 23 / November 5, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Apostle James the Brother of God. On this Feast, the whole Church, and especially the Church of Jerusalem commemorates Saint James, son of Joseph the Betrothed, and brother of the Lord according to the law (according to Matthew 13:55;…

On Friday, October 24, 2020, one day after the Feast of the Throne of Jerusalem on the commemoration of Saint James the Brother of God, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated along with the Memorial Service for the Patriarchs who are buried at the Forty Martyrs’ chapel, which is located between the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood and the…

The philanthropic work carried out by the Orthodox Metropolis of Bessarabia during the coronavirus pandemic was praised by the Embassy of the United States of America (USA) in Chisinau. Congratulations were conveyed by Robert Keane, Human Rights Officer at the US Embassy to the Republic of Moldova, during a virtual meeting with the Metropolitan’s representative,…

A bust of the first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Miron Cristea, was unveiled on an Alley dedicated to the Founders of the 1918 Great Union in Ploiești’s Bucov Park during a ceremony on Saturday, October 24, Q Magazine reports. The bronze bust was made by the sculptor George Dumitru, with the support of…