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  The Church today venerates the memory of St. John of Gothia, the Crimean Gothic metropolitan bishop of Doros, who fiercely defended Orthodox doctrine in the eighth century. Friday is also the feast day of David, the Righteous of Thessaloniki. The life and works of these saints is featured today on the pages of the…

Several Romanian mass media outlets, including the ecclesiastical news agency Basilica, on Friday referred to the latest online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, which took place on Thursday afternoon. The Elder Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, via the Internet, addressed an assembly of more than…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, issued a message on the occasion of today’s International Day Against Drugs. His Eminence said the day is an opportunity to reflect on the extent to which this modern scourge has plagued humanity, and especially young people. Makarios noted that “…with the opportunity of this day, we must…

Opposition continued unabated in the small Adriatic country of Montenegro over a controversial law passed by the government regarding religious institutions. Thousands of faithful and clergymen again took to the streets in peaceful protest against the law, as the Orthodox Church in Montenegro has repeatedly and vocally warned that the contentious law is aimed directly…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople continued its sessions at the Orthodox Center in Chambésy, outside Geneva, Switzerland, under the chairmanship of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew. The Holy and Sacred Synod emphasized that the sacrament of the Holy Communion is non-negotiable and that absolutely no change in…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Friday convened for a third straight day, with discussions also touching on repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic. Church hierarchs also discussed commemorative events for next year’s bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence.

  The US administration is the latest international party to issue a statement regarding the status of the iconic Hagia Sophia, with Sam Brownback, the US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, taking to Twitter to stress that “…The Hagia Sophia holds enormous spiritual and cultural significance to billions of believers of different faiths…

NEW YORK – Today, June 25, 2020, The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate released the summation of their work at the Meeting of the Holy Synod in Chambésy, Geneva at Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. This included consideration of the responses of the Local Autocephalous Churches to the May 17, 2020…