The situation the small Adriatic country of Montenegro remains tense, as the government there continues its persecution of the Orthodox Church – only months after legislating and ratifying an utterly controversial law that allows the state to confiscate religious institutions’ properties and relics, unless the latter can provide ownership deeds and titles prior to WWI….

The miracle-working icon of the Panaghia Faneromeni Vathiriakos, which is preserved and venerated at the same-name holy monastery in the northeast Greek province of Thrace, was conveyed on Wednesday to the nearby city of Komotini, as part of celebrations today commemorating the centennial of Thrace’s liberation and annexation by the modern Greek state. The holy…

Places of worship in Germany were again reopened this week to worshipers, although partaking in the Holy Communion was still prohibited, as coronavirus-related restrictions are still in force. An encyclical issued to the faithful by the Metropolitan of Germany, His Eminence Augoustinos, refers to the pain he feels in briefing the flock that until public…

Today is the 4th Thursday after Pascha, Great and Holy Easter Sunday. The Church today venerates the memory of Isidore, the Martyr of Chios. This saint was a 3rd century soldier who hailed from Alexandria. He arrived with the Roman fleet to the eastern Aegean island of Chios, where he was betrayed as a Christian…

Faith leaders will be liaising with the UK government to come up with a game plan on how and when to re-open churches. In a tweet on Wednesday, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick said he will be meeting with religious leaders to plan the reopening of places of worship,…

50 famous and not so well-known monasteries, mosques, synagogues and other holy places on the territory of Dobrich district (Bulgaria) and Constanța district (Romania) will attract tourists. The tourist religious route is prepared under a project of the European Institute for Cultural Tourism EUREKA in Dobrich and the Clopot Humanitarian Foundation in Constanța with the…

In the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, prayers were offered for clergymen who died of COVID-19: the names of all the deceased were remembered. On May 13, 2020, in the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, prayers were offered for the clergy who died of COVID-19, and all were remembered by name, reports the UOC Information Center. The Divine Liturgy…

written by Gregory Pappas   Within a week of its launch, more than 100 names were submitted through a special online portal established by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Archbishop Elpidophoros of America had the vision and foresight to understand the need of the faithful to receive some kind of…

In a new installment in the Ancient Raith Radio podcast “Ancient Faith Presents,” Metropolitan Joseph is joined by Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick to talk about tough ministry questions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. How do a bishop and his clergy struggle to minister in these conditions? What about new technology? How do we relate to government?…