A scheduled visit to Austria by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has been cancelled. His All Holiness was set to arrive in the central European country next week for the dedication of the first Orthodox monastery in Austria. The reason for the cancellation was the ongoing pandemic.

Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week underlined that the greatest of all basilicas of eastern Christendom is still considered by the Russian Church as a Christian place of worship. Hilarion, who is the Moscow Patriarchate’s head of the department for external Church relations, told a Russian television program that both…

The newly re-elected president of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, Russian lawmaker Sergey Gavrilov, this week bitterly criticized the Turkish state’s conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, as well as what he called Turkish provocations. Gavrilov spoke during the group’s general assembly, which was conducted via teleconference. Moreover, an epistle by the Patriarch…

The issue of partaking in Holy Communion was again raised in Greece after a professor of genetics said the sacrament should be prohibited, due to the ongoing pandemic, or, that disposable spoons should be used during the sacrament. The statement, which again targets one of Christianity’s most sacred beliefs, generated an immediate response by Church…

The Church today venerates the memory of Eumenius the Wonderworker, Bishop of Gortynia. This saint took up monastic life from his youth, and later became Bishop of Gortynia, on in Crete. He travelled to Rome and Thebes in Upper Egypt, where after working many miracles, he reposed in deep old age.

September 16, 2020 The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New…

Metropolis of Chicago to support food and housing needs of Chicago area residents through new ministry, Project HOPE The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced on September 16, 2020, the launch of a new ministry designed to address food security and stable housing for families and individuals living in the Chicago area. Called Project HOPE (Humanitarian Outreach…

Metropolis of Chicago begins search for qualified board candidates for Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago Foundation The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced on September 15, 2020 it has begun a nationwide search for qualified candidates for appointment to the initial Board of Directors of a not-for-profit entity to be formed and known as the…

  The great Romanian elder Fr. Sofian Boghiu was honored on Monday, September 14, in his native village on the 18th anniversary of his holy repose. Fr. Sofian was born on October 7, 1912, in Cuconeștii Vechi, Bălți County in what is today northern Moldova. On Monday, a memorial house was opened there in his…