The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, was held by police authorities for six hours this week, ostensibly to answer for the peaceful rallies held in Podgorica and other cities on Sunday against the contentious law. The head of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, part of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate, was…

  Continued Turkish provocations on several levels – amid a slumping economy in that country, the continuing slide of its currency and repercussions from the Covid-19 pandemic – as well as the standoff in Montenegro between the Orthodox Church there and the government, with the latter stepping up persecution in order to stamp out opposition…

On Monday morning, June 9/22, 2020, H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos decorated Mr. Sibli Anastas, a distinguished member of the Community of Bethlehem with the medal of the Cross Bearer of the Order of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre. This honorary distinction was given to Mr. Anastas, as His Beatitude said, “in…

Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro: The voice of the people heard during prayer processions is the voice of God, because the people assembled there have been waiting for a long time to feel free. “The people have been assembled in peace, first of all to glorify the name of God and to defend their shrines they…

  Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral was interrogated at the Security Center in Podgorica on the Monday of 22nd June, 2020. The Hierarch was interrogated by the Police as an alleged organizer of last night’s cross procession in Podgorica.   spc.rs

June 21, 2020 Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church Middletown, New York Beloved Faithful, Today I rejoice to be with this wonderful community of the Holy Cross here in Middletown. I had truly wished to visit every community in the Direct Archdiocese District before one year passed since my enthronement as your Archbishop, and I have…

  June 22, 2020 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral New York, New York Beloved Father Andreas, Chancellor of our Holy Archdiocese of America Your Grace(s) and beloved Clergy, Dear Faithful, I glorify God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit for allowing me to be here today, one year from my enthronement as Archbishop of America, to…

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The 26th scientific symposium “Gospel and Ethos”, which was held at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sts. Paul and Peter in the northern Greece city of Veria, was concluded over the weekend. Due to public health precautions to prevent exposure to the coronavirus, representatives of Orthodox Patriarchates and Autocephalous Churches participated via the Internet.