The US Supreme Court has temporarily barred the state of New York from enforcing strict attendance limits on places of worship, in areas designated as coronavirus “hot spots”. The ruling, take by a 5-4 decision, was released late Wednesday. The high court ruled that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order violated the First Amendment’s…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the continuation of a partial lock-down in the country until the beginning of January, with some relaxation for the Christmas period. She emphasized that “the situation does not allow us to lift the restrictions of November”. Merkel said services in Churches for Christmas Eve and the rest of the holy…

US President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he will nominate former Deputy Secretary of State and Deputy National Security Advisor Antony Blinken as the next US Secretary of State. The 58-year-old career diplomat, just a month ago, when asked about Turkish provocations on the divided island of Cyprus, stated on his Twitter account that “…We…

A latest round of medical tests on the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, will determine when the Primate of the Church of Greece will be discharged from an Athens hospital. His Beatitude was hospitalized last week as a precaution, after testing positive for Covid-19. According to information collected by the Orthodoxia…

The Church today venerates the memory of Stylianos, the Monk of Paphlagonia, in western Asia Minor. St. Stylianos lived in the latter 6th century and early 7th century. This saint is invoked for help to children who are ill and to childless couples, and is also venerated as a protector of orphans.

On the occasion of the feast of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr, the Saint of Alexandria, and his 66th birthday, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, served the Divine Liturgy in the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, supported by the Hierarchs accompanying him on his tour…

His Beatitude Theodoros II Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa arrived in the city of Kisumu, which is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, on the morning of Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Kisumu is the capital of Nianza Province, famous for its wilderness and the Impala and Zebra Shelters. The Diocese is…

On Monday, November 23rd, the third day of the Pastoral tour to Kenya,His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, visited the Holy Diocese of Nyeri and Mount Kenya. At the Diocese he was warmly welcomed by the local Bishop, His Grace Neophytos and the holy clergy of the Diocese who…

His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, conducted the Patriarchal Divine Liturgy on Sunday 22nd November 2020 at the Church of St Paul in the Kangira district, of the Holy Metropolis of Nairobi. The Holy Church of St Paul is the first church built in Kenya by pioneer Missionary Fr….