Montenegro authorities continued to step up repressive measures against the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country, with the latest incident involving the demolition of a residence in a new convent, specifically at the St. Basil nunnery. Currently, nuns at the nascent monastery, which surrounds an older cathedral dedicated to St. Basil, are living…

  The end or easing of coronavirus-related lockdowns across Europe has apparently sparked a new round of provocations by the official Turkish state against its western neighbour, coming on the heels of a failed attempt in late February and early March to flood Greece with tens of thousands of third country nationals through the land…

  The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Wednesday paid a courtesy visit to new Greek president of the republic Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou. In welcoming the Primate of the Church of Greece to the presidential mansion in central Athens, Sakellaropoulou first expressed her satisfaction over the visit, before adding that there are…

His Eminence Amfilohije, Archbishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, celebrated the Divine Liturgy with clerics in the monastery of Ostrog, next to the relics of Saint Basil the Wonderworker of Ostrog, on June 10, 2020. In the liturgical sermon, Metropolitan Amfilohijepointed out that Saint Basil had been and remained a living witness…

Whit Monday, the Patron Saint-day of the church of the Holy Trinity of the Representation of the Moscow Patriarchate in Belgrade, was celebrated with the solemn Patriarchal Liturgy. His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Liturgy with concelebration of archpriest Vitaly Tarasyev, principal of the church of Holy Trinity, and priests of the Archbishopric…

Οn Friday, 12th June 2020, the feast day of SS Onuphrius the Egyptian and Peter the Athonite, H.E Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain will preside at Matins and celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Chapel on the first anniversary of His election to the throne of this historic Archdiocese. Due to the…

ATHENS — President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou met the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos on Wednesday, praising the contribution of the Church in dealing with the pandemic, as well as the fact that it has always assisted the state, whenever the country or its citizens have need of it. Sakellaropoulou pointed…

The State Agency for Religious Affairs of Georgia held a special event recently, presenting the first-ever publication of a book from the Old Testament in Georgian Braille. The presentation of the Book of Genesis was attended by leaders of religious organizations in Georgian and representatives of the Georgian Union of the Blind, who were gifted…

The Montenegrin government’s war against the Orthodox Church, and against the beloved St. Basil of Ostrog himself, in the words of His Grace Bishop Joanikije of Budimlja and Nikšić, escalated this morning with a sudden act of demolition at the new Monastery of St. Basil near the southern coastal town of Ulcinj. “This morning, they…