Members of the Episcopal council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro met on Thursday with legal experts in order to discuss and examine all of the latest developments in the small Adriatic country, especially in the wake of last month’s general elections and the emergence of a new government. According to a subsequent press…

Public debate has began over a draft bill that includes a provision changing the status of churches and chapels within municipal cemeteries, whereby their authority is transferred from the townships to the Orthodox Church’s metropolises who have ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the specific locations. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan of Ilion, Aharnon and Petroupoli, His Eminence Athinagoras, met…

Turkish authorities this week are holding a symposium focusing on the iconic Hagia Sophia, the greatest of all basilicas of eastern Christendom, and nearly three months after an insolent decision by the Turkish president himself to convert the UNESCO World Heritage site into a mosque — the latest and most prominent insult to Christianity, and…

The White House in Washington announced that both US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, with the former later taking to social media to announce that “…We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” The news comes a month…

Athens on Friday appeared satisfied with results from the previous day’s EU Council Summit in Brussels, which focused on EU-Turkey relations and what the Greek and Cypriot governments have charged are systematic and increasing provocations and belligerence in the eastern Mediterranean. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his government’s satisfaction with the conclusions of the…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Hieromartyr Cyprian and the Virgin Martyr Justina.

Prayers for the repose of soul of one of the most eminent hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Milutin of Valjevo, who lost his earthly life six months ago, was an occasion for a magnificent prayer gathering in the Church of the Resurrection of Christ in Valjevo. The Holy Hierarchal Liturgy and the memorial…

During its working session on Tuesday, the Holy Synod recommended to the parishes of the Romanian Orthodox Church to intensify the activities dedicated to families. It urged the believers to cultivate Christian education and philanthropic spirit in their families and society through prayer and good deeds. Press release: New decisions of the Holy Synod of…

The Patriarch of Romania on Sunday spoke about a liturgical gesture that the Church learned from St. Peter, who fell to his knees after the miraculous catch of fish, because he had been distrustful of the word of Christ, and said: Leave me, Lord! I’m a sinner! “That is why, today, when the ministers of…