Persecution of Christians in Pakistan: the ongoing mistreatment of Christians and other religious minorities in Pakistan stems from the assumption that Christians are unclean, and thus are the only ones suited for this kind of work. But this discrimination is just one instance in a larger pattern of harassment and persecution. This an issue of…

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Wednesday chaired a tele-conference with religious leaders in that country, including the Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios. According to Rama, a committee of experts will decide when restrictive measures to prevent exposure to the coronavirus will be gradually lifted for places of worship, namely, after…

The memory of St. Ephraim the Great-Martyr and Wonderworker was venerated on Tuesday at the Cathedral of St. Demetrius in the SE Romanian city of Galati, albeit in a service without worshipers, due to Covid-19 restrictions.  

The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, visited the historic 14th century monastery of St. George on Tuesday, on the occasion of the saint’s feast day, as commemorated with the Julian calendar. The monastery is located on a small islet within Lake Skadar, on Montenegro’s border with Albania. His Eminence again referred…

The third online Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will take place on Saturday, May 16, from 10.00 to 12.30, Athens time, or 08.00 to 10.30 GMT. Archontariki in Greek is the guest house in a monastery.

Less than two weeks remain before churches reopen in Greece for holy services with the presence of worshippers, and specifically on Sunday, May 17. Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece are expected to convene next Tuesday and detail all precautions and measures that will be in place for the…

Today is the third Thursday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter Sunday. The Church today commemorates the appearance of the Precious Cross in the sky above Jerusalem in the fourth century. On this day in the year 351, not long after Cyril succeeded Maximus as Archbishop of Jerusalem, and during the reign of Constantius, the…

The Holy Glorious and Great-martyr George, patron saint (slava) of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, was celebrated on 6th of May in the chapel of the military quarter “Banjica 2” in Belgrade in presence of the Minister of Defense, Mr. Aleksandar Vulin, the commander of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, general Milan Mojsilovic,…

As soon as the state of emergency was instated, the Bucharest archdiocesan tailor shops, which usually produce priestly vestments and church objects, have started producing protection equipment for the Church volunteers who help the isolated during the pandemic. The archdiocese’s Vending Service started making 6,500 reusable protection masks and over 500 cotton coveralls. Then, on…