Moscow, October 5, Interfax – Russian Orthodox Church, after the murder of two girls in the Yaroslavl Region who were victims of a rapist, suggested that such criminals should be sentenced to life imprisonment. “I think that rapists of this kind should be subjected to life imprisonment, they should be isolated from society so that…

In late July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the conversion of the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to a mosque. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is gravely concerned of the impact of this action, along with others by the Turkish government, on the small Christian community in Turkey. CMEP affirms the…

Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute has published their most recent issue of Ecumenical Trends with a focus on the vital document of For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church. The issue features articles by two Orthodox Christians, Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian and Dr. Carrie Frederick Frost, in addition…

While fires in some areas on the west coast are slowly being contained, the fires in Napa and Sonoma counties continue to grow, forcing more evacuations and causing more damage and destruction. This year the state of California has sadly reached a devastating milestone of 4 million acres burned, with at least two months remaining…

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Seventh online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will take place next Monday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Athens time).

  The Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopias, in northern Greece, has announced that Holy Services will take place on Wednesday and Thursday for the recovery and placement of the holy relics of Kallinikos, the reposed Metropolitan of Edessa, the newest saint of the Orthodox Church. The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized Metropolitan…

The Archbishop of Crete, His Eminence Irineos, will remain in a hospital ICU on Monday, given that he has a fever. Attending physicians announced that the 87-year-old hierarch could be transferred to a neurological clinic on Tuesday, at the same hospital in the Cretan city of Irakleio, as conditions allow.

  A container loaded with humanitarian aid finally arrived in the Congo after a seven-month journey from Greece, the 25th such container sent from the country to the Orthodox Metropolis of Katanga. The latest shipment of assistance was dispatched by the Church-related Ark of the World charity in Athens.