On Friday, August 28, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev)’s St. Matthew Passion oratorio premiered with great success at the August Traiana open concert venue in Stara Zagora in central Bulgaria. The music was performed by the choir and orchestra of the State Opera Theater of Stara Zagora, under the direction of His Eminence Metropolitan Cyprian of…

  Sunday’s elections were a breath of fresh air for the Orthodox faithful of Montenegro, with the opposition coalition taking a majority of seats for the first time in 30 years and wresting power from President Milo Đukanović’s Democratic Party of Socialists. While Đukanović and his government openly persecuted the canonical Serbian Orthodox Church in…

After Archbishop Elpidophoros, the head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, offered a benediction during the Democratic National Convention last month, many began to wonder if he would also offer a prayer during the Republican National Convention, as his predecessor, Archbishop Demetrios, had appeared at both conventions in 2016. It was…

Metropolitan JOSEPH September 1, 2020 Beloved Faithful in Christ, Greetings and blessings to you and your loved ones in the Name of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ! As we begin a new ecclesiastical year, I write to offer my heartfelt and fervent prayers to our Lord, that He will bless us all abundantly…

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Regarding the Hagia Sophia and Chora Ancient Churches recent setbacks, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew offered an uplifting message to the worldwide faithful and reminds us that Hagia Sophia, “as an architectural expression of the salvation of mankind and all of creation in Christ, belongs to all of humanity.” Read the original letter: Greek | English To the Most Honorable Dr. Anthony…

Camp Agape. Two small words, yet they are full of power and love. For over 35 years, Camp Agape has been a signature ministry for the Metropolis of San Francisco Philoptochos, and not even the Coronavirus pandemic could stop the love that is shared unconditionally with these children who are battling cancer and their families….

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the monastery of Rakovica on August 28, 2020, on the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God. The Patriarch was concelebrated by local clergy. The service was attended prayerfully by His Royal Highnesses Prince Filip Karadjordjevic and Princess Danica, State…

In his message at the beginning of the new church year, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew states that “respect for the environment is an act of doxology of God’s name, while the destruction of creation is an offense against the Creator, entirely irreconcilable with the basic tenets of Christian theology.” At the initiative of the Patriarchate of…