His Grace Sofronie, Bishop of Oradea, officiated on Sunday the Divine Liturgy at the “Lord’s Resurrection” Orthodox Cathedral in Oradea to celebrate a century from the re-establishment of the Diocese of Oradea through Royal decree. On this occasion, the hierarch spoke of the historical meaning of the day of August 30 for the Romanian Orthodox…

Yesterday, September 1, on the feast of the Donskoy Icon of the Mother of God, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Moscow’s Donskoy Monastery, during which Archimandrite Pitirim (Dondenko) was consecrated as Bishop of Jakarta, vicar of the Diocese of Singapore. The wonderworking Donskoy Icon of the…

The brotherhood of the Monastery of St. Dionysios the Areopagite of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in St. James, New York, was forced to leave its home and church in April 2018, and has been praying and worshiping since then in a small chapel within the monastery building, which becomes overly-crowded on Sundays…

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First part of the Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with an assembly of faithful gathered at a university chapel in the city of Cluj, Romania, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. 

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Monday celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Moscow’s iconic Donskoy Monastery, during which Archimandrite Pitirim was consecrated as the new Orthodox Bishop of Jakarta and vicar of the Diocese of Singapore. 

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday received the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, who arrived for a visit to the Patriarchal seat. The Archbishop of America briefed the Ecumenical Patriarch, about the resumption of construction works for the new St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox church at Ground Zero in…

The Greek government on Monday announced that schools in the country will open for the new academic year on Sept. 14, with the customary beginning-of-the-year blessing ceremonies taking place in individual classrooms.

The German newspaper Die Welt this week claimed that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently ordered his top military officers to provoke a political crisis in the east Mediterranean by sinking a Greek vessel or shooting down a Greek fighter jet. The shocking newspaper article cites Turkish military sources, while claiming that the authoritarian and…