An online event was organised on Wednesday, 24 June 2020, by the EPP Working Group on Intercultural and Religious Dialogue, to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Churches, as well as the Churches’ social teachings in response to the current crisis. The panel included representatives of the three major Christian traditions in Europe – Catholic,…

By: If your ears welcome unjust words If your mouth speaks unjust words If your hands move to unjust actions If your body submits to unjust passions If the eye welcomes unjust sight If your mind welcomes unjust thoughts Your feet move towards unjust places Your hands inherit beyond their means And your lips greet…

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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.