His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, and Dr. Zoran Loncar, Minister of Health in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, called on all citizens of Serbia yesterday to adhere to anti-epidemic measures in the next period, and during slava celebrations, in order to preserve public health. At today’s meeting at the Patriarchate, Belgrade, which was…

In the city of Sinope, in Turkey, there is the complex of Mithridates Palaces, in the center of which is an early Christian church, dating to approximately 660 AD, which is known as the “Church of the Palaces” (Balatlar Kilisesi). Excavations at the 2,300-year-old Palace began 11 years ago with the support of the Turkish…

  Stewardship Resources for 2021 are now available from the Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism are now available on the Stewardship site: stewardship.goarch.org. The Stewardship theme for 2021 is “THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE” (2 Cor 13:13), which was the theme of the 2020 Clergy-Laity Congress. “My hope is that we will seize…

NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has today announced his appointments to the 2020-2022 Archdiocesan Council. The Archdiocesan Council is the advisory and consultative body to the Archbishop and to the Holy Eparchial Synod and is concerned with the ministries, institutions and financial affairs of the Archdiocese. Its voting membership is comprised…

Meeting at the Diocesan Center of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania on October 12, the Metropolitan Synod of Transylvania made a number of decisions regarding the growth of monasticism in the metropolis. In particular, the hierarchs decided to establish a new monastery…

Yesterday, OrthoChristian reported that Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro’s health has been steadily improving since he tested positive for the coronavirus on October 6. Now, the Metropolis of Montenegro of the Serbian Orthodox Church reports that His Eminence, 82, now tests negative for the virus. Meanwhile, Archbishop Irineos of Crete, 87, who suffered acute respiratory failure…

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received at the Patriarchate in Damascus, His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and Head of the Department of External Relations in the Russian Church, with an accompanying delegation, in the presence of the bishops of the Patriarchate. In a fraternal atmosphere, the conversation revolved…

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  The website of the Romanian patriarchate, basilica.ro posted a lengthy article on the role of social media in presenting Orthodoxy and the Church’s message. The article lists the 5 reasons why one should follow the social media of the Patriarchate and the one reason he should not, and explains: “We do our duty and…