Τhe Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodical Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry recently circulated a new video asking for donations by the faithful so that foodstuffs and basic necessities can continue to be provided to families in need, especially amid the difficult period created by the coronavirus pandemic. 

  The Romanian Church’s center for Orthodox studies this week issued a report on the Church’s course and good works since the day the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, was enthroned. The report, entitled “Rebirth of the Romanian Orthodox Church”, also provides a brief history of Orthodoxy in the land, particularly during the…

  Members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, His Eminence Pavel. According to a spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate, the Bishop of Borisov and Marinogorsk, His Grace Benjamin, was appointed as the next Metropolitan…

  The President of Cyprus, Nikos Anastasiades, on Tuesday called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, to personally intervene amid Ankara’s threats to open and exploit a portion of the Cypriot ghost town of Famagusta for business and tourism, something that’s in direct violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Famagusta was abandoned by the Greek…

  The two-day sessions of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s Permanent Holy Synod concluded on Wednesday, the last such session of the 163rd synodical period, as the new ecclesiastical year begins on Sept. 1. According to a released agenda, the Holy Synod’s hierarchs focused on issues dealing with administrative issues, such as transfers of…

On 24 August 2020, His Beatitude Theophilos, Patriarch of Jerusalem, met with head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem Archimandrite Alexander (Yelisov) and introduced to him Mother Superior of the Gorny Convent Yekaterina (Chernysheva), patriarchia.ru reports with reference to the website of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. They were joined in their talk…

Metropolis of Chicago unveils new program to revitalize church stewardship and foster greater financial sustainability at the parish level LOMBARD, IL, August, 25, 2020 – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced today the implementation of a Metropolis-wide program to help parishes transition to greater stewardship participation as the means of meeting operating expenses and…

As hundreds of wildfires spread across California, consuming hundreds of thousands of acres, monastic and parish communities are in danger, and unfortunately, some Orthodox Christians have already lost everything to the fires. The brothers of St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina in northern California and the sisters of the associated St. Xenia of St….

On August 26, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast Day of The Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia. Martyrs Adrian and Natalia were married in their youth for one year prior to their martyrdom, and lived in Nicomedia during the time of the emperor Maximian (305-311 AD). The emperor promised a reward to whoever would…