The 20th meeting of the Orthodox Episcopal Assembly of Benelux was held on Tuesday via teleconference, due to the ongoing health crisis. The assembly was chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Belgium, His Eminence Athinagoras, with participants including Bishop Mark of Neamts, a representative of Metropolitan Joseph of the Romanian Patriarchate, Bishop Dositheos of…

Ministers of foreign affairs from various countries convened this week for a virtual conference, hosted by Poland, to discuss challenges to religious freedom around the world and to share ideas to overcome obstacles. Organized in cooperation with the United States, Poland’s foreign ministry hosted a virtual conference, entitled Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom or Belief….

Greece’s government spokesman on Wednesday said a return to normalcy will come gradually and will be based on the epidemiological data focusing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, whose “second wave” in the east Mediterranean country is significantly more acute than in the spring. Greece is currently in a three-week partial lockdown, which includes a strict…

Τhe Church today venerates the memory of Plato the Great Martyr of Ancyra, who lived in the third century, as well as the Holy Martyr Romanus, who achieved the crown of martyrdom in the early fourth century.

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Romanian Patriarchate has launched an online Orthodox educational program. The series, intended to last at least 12 months, includes Bible studies in both English and Romanian, a catechetical program, and spiritual talks with a Romanian Orthodox abbot. The classes will be…

US Embassy in Georgia says Secretary Pompeo was pleased to meet with His Holiness, Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilia II. During the meeting, the Secretary and His Holiness discussed Georgia’s important role in promoting and protecting religious freedom around the world. Secretary Pompeo has already met with Georgian President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. After…

  On Monday, November 3/16, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the translation of the relics of the Great Martyr George the Trophy-bearer, at the Church dedicated to him in Lydda. On this feast, the Church commemorates the translation of the sacred relics of Saint George, and its return from Rome, where he suffered…

On Tuesday, November 4/17, 2020, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Service of the Blessing of the water for the restart of the Liturgical life of the ancient Church dedicated to Saint Stephen the First Martyr in Ramallah. This Church, with the surrounding monastery olive-pressing mill, bakery and monastic cells,…

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