The final stage of the Leaders of Russia competition was held on Tuesday, September 8, in the Moscow region. Among the winners was Matushka Maria Lvova-Belova, the mother of 17 children, head of several social and Church projects, and head of the Penza Diocese’s Department for Assistance to People with Disabilities. Leaders of Russia is…

New York, NY – His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent virtual greetings to the 45th Clergy-Laity Congress, as it commenced its work for the first time in a virtual setting. His All-Holiness greeted the over 1,100 Delegates, in part, with the following exhortation (Video Link: https://youtu.be/SyOECc-1lLI). “With the assent of God, the Giver of all…

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In a message to all students, parents and teachers in pre-university education, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel conveyed his patriarchal blessings on the beginning of the new school year 2020-2021. The patriarch reminded of the decision of the Holy Synod to declare 2020 as solemn year of the pastoral care of parents and children in the…

“At this rather notable point in the history of the Cathedral”, according to Project Executive, Don Zivkovic, “with the substantial completion of the current phase of the reconstruction work just achieved”, we are “such a very long way, in many respects, from where it all started”.  The Secure & Enclosure undertaking consisted of securing the walls, including rebuilding…

The Archdiocese of America’s 45th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress will take place on Wednesday and Thursday this week, under the chairmanship of Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros. This year’s congress, however, will be “Virtual”, meaning that the roughly 1,100 participants will congregate online, in an effort to curb exposure to the coronavirus.

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, referred to the commemoration of the Nativity of the Theotokos, stressing that the celebration teaches us that the Virgin Mary is the fruit of the prayers of our parents, while beseeching couples who may not be able to have offspring to adopt or assist families with many…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, this week again reiterated that the Orthodox Church in the country will only accept an agreement regarding Kosovo that entails that the province remains as a part of Serbia. In a statement referring to negotiations that took place between Belgrade and Pristina in previous days, the Serbian Patriarch…

The Metropolitan of Imvros and Tenedos, His Eminence Kirillos, on Tuesday led a procession of numerous pilgrims who hail from Imvros, an island in the extreme northeast Aegean, to a remote mountain chapel for the holding of a Divine Liturgy, on the occasion of the Nativity of the Theotokos, the All-Virgin Mary. The chapel, dedicated…