The Romanian Patriarchate this week called for the voluntary attendance of pupils in a new public school curriculum touching on the issue of family planning, while adding that such a lesson should be based on moral values.

Today marks the second Tuesday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter. The Church commemorates the Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus. These holy Martyrs, who were from various regions, suffered martyrdom together when they were beheaded in Cyzicus, a city in Asia Minor on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara.

The spokesman of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, Metropolitan of Nafpaktos, His Eminence Ierotheos, said he awaits a full return to normalcy and church-going, speaking on an Athens television station and before the prime minister’s nationally televised address. His Eminence added that the previous day’s statements by a government spokesman, namely, that…

Today, April 28, marks the 22-year anniversary of the election of Metropolitan Christodoulos as the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, succeeding reposed Archbishop Seraphim. Twenty-two years after his enthronement and 12 years since his repose in the Lord, the Orthodoxia News Agency today has posted a feature on the life and works of Christodoulos,…

The Orthodoxia News Agency is continuing to live-stream all daily church services this week, conducted in Mount Athos liturgical tradition, from the St. Nicholas church in Porto Lagos, a glebe of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. Watch today’s services:    

“What is the Church? Is it a union? Is it a supermarket? Is it a hair salon after all? Is it worse than the supermarket and worse than the hair salon?” Metropolitan Hierotheos (Vlachos) of Nafpaktos, the spokesman for the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, asked with exasperation at the state’s announcement that…

Thomas Sunday was celebrated in a unique way by the Russian Boxing Federation yesterday, as the group launched a giant banner icon of Christ into sky over the city of Serpukhov, near Moscow. The launch was meant as a show of support to fans during the coronavirus pandemic, reports sportmk.ru. The icon, with an area…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday afternoon announced a relaxation of imposed restrictions in the country aimed to prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus, with personal worship allowed in churches and chapels as of Monday, May 4, while church services with worshipers will be allowed as of May 17. Public healthcare guidelines, such as…