Moscow, September 4, Interfax – Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will elevate Bishop Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, who has been elected the new exarch of All Belarus, to the rank of metropolitan on Sunday, the patriarchal press service said. Father Veniamin, most recently the bishop of Borisov and Maryina Gorka, will be…

  Archaeologists from the Moscow State University have discovered a 700-year-old treasure belonging to St. Theoktist, the early 14th-century Archbishop of Novgorod. The seal of the sainted Archbishop was unearthed at the Troitsky (Trinity) excavation site near the Veliky Novgorod Kremlin, representatives of the expedition reported to Interfax-Religion yesterday. Scholars have dated the find to…

The Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro believes that a recent series of attacks on churches and also Islamic sites is an attempt by the outgoing government to provoke discord and unrest. The opposition coalition took a majority of seats in the nation’s recent Parliamentary elections, marking the first time in 30 years that President Milo…

This webinar will focus on ecology and the role of ecumenical partners in taking action to preserve our common home. Join us on September 18 from 1:00-3:00 PM EDT for this important roundtable discussion. Panelists include: Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarch, Kelly Brown Douglas Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary,…

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The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea (Ecumenical Patriarchate) has issued a statement concerning the decision to turn the Monastery of Chora into a mosque. The statement reads: After the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, the Turkish Government, unfortunately, proceeded with another infamous act, turning the Monastery of Chora into a mosque as well. The famous…

Archimandrite Serafim Grigoraș from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași was enthroned on Tuesday as the abbot of “St. John the New of Suceava” Monastery. His Grace Damaschin of Dorna, Auxiliary Bishop of Suceava and Rădăuți, officiated the cheirothesia ceremony, with the participation of Archim. Melchisedec Velnic, Abbot of Putna Monastery, and Archim. Nectarie Clinci, Abbot of Sihăstria…

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church donated 2,000 Euros for Sara Nukina, a teenager suffering of brain tumour. The girl is well-known to the audience of  Radio Trinitas, the radio station of the Romanian Patriarchate, for her generous moral support of the elderly and the ill with her songs and the freshness of her presence. “She…

CHICAGO, IL, September 3, 2020 – The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Chicago and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced today that the Cathedral and Fifield Companies, a leading real estate development firm, have entered into an agreement to transfer, for a fee, excess air rights from parish property to a neighboring property for…