Aformer Muslim from Yemen—now a believer living under quarantine outside his native land—shared this rare glimpse inside the troubled country and how Christians are responding in the growing COVID-19 crisis. A growing deadly crisis Last week, the United Nations reported that in Yemen, the health system has “in effect” collapsed, Since the first COVID-19 case…

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The Church today venerates the memory of Tychon the Wonderworker, Bishop of Amathus on Cyprus. A feature is posted today on the life, works and miracles of St. Tychon on the pages of the Diakonima.gr site.

The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of New Jersey, His Eminence Evangelos, addressed this year’s graduates of Greek-language afternoon schools operated by the metropolis in the state, via teleconference, and at a “virtual graduation” ceremony. The ceremony was broadcast live by the metropolis’ internet channel. 

Tension continues to simmer in Montenegro over what the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country charges is systemic persecution against it and its clergy by the Montenegro state, just days before the trial of the Bishop of Niksic, His Eminence Ioannicus, and another eight Orthodox clergymen. After nearly three months, peaceful prayer rallies, litanies…

Official voices in Turkey continue to press for the reconversion of the iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque, from its current status as the country’s most visited museum. Turkey’s high court is expected to rule on July 2 over yet another petition to convert what was eastern Christendom’s most important cathedral for nearly a millennium…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning for an official visit, heading up a Greek government delegation that includes six ministers and two deputies ministers. Mitsotakis will visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in the afternoon, where he will be received by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most…

Russia consecrated a massive new Orthodox cathedral dedicated to the country’s Armed Forces on Sunday. The grand ceremony featured Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov and other top officials. The cathedral drew controversy during the building stage for initial plans, which were…