The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Tuesday toured the under-reconstruction church of St. George in the Syrian city of Arbin, which lies just north of Damascus. The cathedral, the only Greek Orthodox place of worship in the municipality, was destroyed by Islamist rebels and terrorists during the Syrian…

The Russian Church’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week received Greece’s ambassador to Russia, Ekaterini Nasika, a year after the latter presented her credentials to the country’s head of state. Hilarion, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external Church relations, and Greece’s top diplomat in Russia, focused on the situation created…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Wednesday convened for a third consecutive day, amidst the Church of Greece’s ongoing 164th synodical period. A day earlier, a significant memorandum of cooperation was signed by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on the behalf of the…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Paraskeva of the Balkans, also known as St. Petka throughout much of southeast Europe, an ascetic female saint of the 10th century who hailed from the Marmara Sea settlement of Epivates, in eastern Thrace.

Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia congratulated the Georgian people on Svetitskhovloba from Mtskheta. PM said this day unites Georgian citizens and with this unity, it is possible to defeat even the coronavirus. “Svetitskhovloba is no longer just a religious holiday, it is a state holiday that unites us. This unity, of course, is of the…

The Georgian Orthodox Church celebrates Mtskhetoba, Svetitskhoveloba today. Divine liturgies are being delivered in honour of Svetiskhoveli Cathedral (‘the Living Pillar Cathedral’) in churches nationwide. “People entering the churches will undergo temperature checks. They should wear a face mask and observe social distancing rule,” the Patriarchate said in a statement. Svetitskhovloba holiday is celebrated twice…

His Excellency Archbishop Atallah Hanna, Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Sebastia calls on to contribute in the “Hadinat Al Hayat” (i.e Life’s nurtures) campaign, in order to support the Saint George University Hospital (Al Roum) Beirut, so that it can resume its normal work and receive patients in all its departments.  Source

MECC implemented a training for 45 teachers and institute directors in Damascus, entitled “child protection”. This training aims to improve the teachers’ capacities to deal with children through better understanding of their emotions and thoughts depending on their age. In addition to raising awareness to wrong and common behavior with kids. The three-day training included…

On October 13, 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Serbia to Russia, H. E. Miroslav Lazanski. Participating in the meeting were also Archpriest Sergiy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for the far abroad, and Ms. Maria Radovic, assistant to…