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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has called on the Turkish authorities to keep the mosaics of the Hagia Sophia and encouraged the global community to help preserve the special status of this church. “We hope that the Turkish authorities will make the necessary efforts to preserve the priceless Christian mosaics, which miraculously…

A teleconference on the subject of maintaining Christian love amid contemporary challenges, was held this week in Russia, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, and within the framework of the 13th international conference of Orthodox youth.

This Martyr lived during the reign of Claudius II in the late 3rd century. She was from Pisidia of Cilicia, in southeast Asia Minor and was the only daughter of a heathen. When she was 15, she was apprehended by the ruler of Olmbrius, and when asked her name, homeland, and faith, she answered: “My…

The third part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and members of large families, which took place on Saturday, June 27, has been posted on the pages of the Internet magazine Pemptousia and Orthodoxia News Agency.

Τhe Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, co-officated at a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for the feast day of St Marina the Great Martyr, which was held on Friday morning at the Church of St. Marina, in the large village of Kastro, on the large northeast Aegean island of Imvros.     A…

The outrageous decision this month by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque and continued international condemnation over the latest insult to Christianity, and especially the Orthodox faith, dominates our news coverage. Works and interventions on the pre-eminent symbol of Orthodoxy and Byzantium are proceeding at a break-neck pace,…

A short film about the life of St Sophrony the Athonite Made for the Sunday School of the Greek Orthodox Church of Manchester      St Sophrony was born in 1896 in Moscow. He had a big family with many siblings. He loved painting from a very young age. He started painting before he…

Sydney’s Greek Orthodox Parish of St Spyridon was the venue for a historic milestone for Orthodoxy in Australia, where His Eminence Archbishop Makarios presided over the first ever English Hierarchical Vespers Service in the nation. Accompanied by a number of Reverend Clergy and Deacons who participated in the unforgettable service, and with scores of youth…