His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel told the Ecumenical Patriarch that the Romanian Patriarchate supports the preservation of the current status of the Hagia Sophia Basilica in Constantinople (Istanbul). The status of this symbol for Christianity is being re-discussed in Turkey. The Ecumenical Patriarchate has asked the Turkish authorities to keep the current museum status for the UNESCO monument. Please find…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Great Martyr Procopius. Procopius in Greek means “progress” or “advancement”, a name the saint assumed after the Lord appeared to him during his imprisonment in Caesaria. St. Procopius achieved the crown of martyrdom when he was beheaded in the year 290, after numerous torments and imprisonment,…

The Orthodox mission of north Madagascar, under the supervision of its Metropolitan, His Eminence Ignatios, continued to offer humanitarian support to the poor and orphaned children in this massive region. A photographic feature is posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency.    

The Russian Church continues its significant charity and social work amid the ongoing pandemic, which has exacerbated social problems in the vast country. According to reports, more and more people are turning to the Church, amid this dire period, for their basic needs. The Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodical Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry continues…

The Archdiocese of Australia this week announced a temporary suspension in public worship at its parishes in the greater Melbourne area and throughout the state of Victoria, following a recent and worrying spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus infections in the area. His Eminence, Archbishop of Australia Makarios, issued a relevant encyclical to the…

Continued threats by the Erdogan administration in Turkey to reconvert the iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque, the remaining and now exclusively pro-government media in the country stepped up attacks and provocations against Orthodoxy and its pre-eminent Church primates. According to the Turkish mass daily Sabah, the status of the Hagia Sophia as mosque is…

An eighth joint ministerial decision applying temporary measures for all places of worship in Greece, ones aimed to protect the public from exposure to the coronavirus, is set for expiration. According to reports collected by the Orthodoxia News Agency, a new ministerial decision will not include significant changes. Nevertheless, the matter will be discussed by…

While the Irish island of Little Skellig was long thought to have been inhabited by nothing but a variety of seabirds, a new archaeological discovery demonstrates that monastics once labored in asceticism on the inaccessible crag. The archaeologist Michael Gibbons and a group of climbers recently located the remains of an early Christian church located…

On Wednesday, June 25/July 8, 2020, H.H.B. Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos stated the following regarding the keeping of the Status of the Church of Hagia Sophia: It is with utmost seriousness that We express Our concern over recent calls from members of the Turkish government to alter the current status of the Hagia Sophia from…