The state’s persecution against the Orthodox Church in Montenegro continues unabated. The latest instance of harassment involves the Bishop of Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, who along with another seven Orthodox clerics, was detained by police in Montenegro this week after a litany on the feast day of St. Basil of Ostrog. The outdoor litany was…

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The Holy Community of Mount Athos, the venerable semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community in northern Greece, has circulated a text in answer to speculation and claims, often expressed in a blasphemous manner, regarding the sacrament of the Holy Communion. Among others, the statement notes that “…the Holy Communion is a source of blessing, salvation, hope, light…

Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Tuesday finalized and announced a series of measures and precautions that will be applied as of Sunday, when places of worship will open for services in the country, with the presence of worshipers. The relevant education and religious affairs ministry has…

Today is the 4th Wednesday after Pascha – Holy and Great Easter Sunday, and is known as the Mid-Pentecost. The Church today venerates the memory of the 2nd century Holy Virgin Martyr Glyceria, one of the first early Christians to achieve the crown of martyrdom.

On 10th May, 2020, the 4th Sunday after Holy Pascha (of the Healing of the Paralytic at Bethesda), the parishioners of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau participated in the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Vladimir in the Cathedral Square. The arch-pastor was assisted at the service by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Cathedral Dean and Metropolitan Secretary….

At the initiative of its Ruling Bishop, His Grace Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe, the Diocese is initiating a Diocesan Heritage Project, in order to foster a wider knowledge of individuals who have played a significant role in the foundation, establishment and life of the parishes of the Diocese of Great Britain and…

  On May 12, 2020, the Orthodox Theological Faculty in Foča celebrated its patron Saint , St. Basi of Ostrog. On this occasion, the Holy Liturgy was celebrated by the dean and vice deans of the Faculty, archpriests staurophors Vladislav Topalović, Nenad Tupeša and Darko Đogo, the rector of the Theological Seminary of St. Peter…

On the feast-day of St. Basil of Ostrog, on May 12, 2020, after a long discussion, the Montenegrin police handed in a summons at the Parish Home in Niksic, around 10 pm, and tried to forcibly bring Bishop Joanikije of Budimlye-Niksic together with nine other priests to the Security Center in Niksic. The intention of…