The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim’s address and answers to viewers’ questions, part of the third online Archontariki from Mount Athos, which took place last Saturday, have been posted this week on the pages of the Orthodoxia Νews Αgency. Among others, the Elder Ephraim, who is the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, refers…

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week officiated at a blessing ceremony of a new building in the courtyard of the St. Spyridonas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the historic town of Helwan, just south of the greater Cairo area. Helwan, on the banks of the Nile, was once…

Intense reactions followed another statement by Montenegro president Milo Đukanović over the creation of a so-called “Montenegro Orthodox Church”. In an interview with the Afp, Đukanović, whose government has passed a controversial law that threatens to confiscate assets and relics of religious institutions in the country unless the latter can prove ownership prior to WWI,…

Provocations by the official Turkish state against religious minorities in the predominately Muslim country continue unabated, especially ahead of the next week’s anniversary of the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453. For instance, the head of Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate, imam Ali Erbas, took to social media to post a…

Today is the 5th Wednesday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter Sunday. The Church today venerates the memory of St. Lydia of Thyatira, as well as of the Holy Martyr Thalleleus. St. Thalleleus was from the region of ancient Phoenicia, modern-day Lebanon, the son of a Christian bishop. Raised in piety, he was trained as…

The Steering Committee of the “Restoration Fund for rehabilitation of faith-based social services & religious infrastructure damaged during the crisis in Syria” held an online meeting that gathered the representatives of the participating churches, representatives of Kerk in Actie (KiA) – Netherlands, which is the donor of the program, and senior officials from the General…

Dear Chapter Presidents, Xristos Anesti! The sun is out and hopefully, you are enjoying this beautiful day! I would like to follow-up with the invitation below regarding the Virtual Metropolis Ministry Awards Recognition on Sunday, June 14 at 7 p.m. We all know that the mission of the Philoptochos is to help the needy. In…

To the Reverend Clergy and Parish Councils of the Metropolis of Boston Dear Brethren in the Household of the Lord, Christos Anesti! Christ Is Risen! As we have reached Mid-Pentecost and continue in the Paschal celebration, I pray that you and your families are well and healthy! As you know, Massachusetts Governor Baker announced this…

Persecution of Christians in Nigeria: the kidnapping and forced marriage of girls from Christian families in Nigeria, as we have seen also in Pakistan, is not new; it is a sadly recurring phenomenon, such that women all over the country are continually at risk of kidnapping from the Fulani herdsmen and Boko Haram terrorist group,…