The Orthodox Metropolis of Korea has issued the following announcement about the spread of the coronavirus:   Due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus Covid-19 in our country, some people are asking if our churches will be open the next several Sundays. We, therefore, are contacting you once again to explain to you the…

There are plans to include a mention of faith in God in the Russian Constitution, Andrey Klishas, senator and co-chair of the working group on amendments to the Russian Constitution, said. At the same time, Russia will remain a secular state, Klishas said. “In regard to Russia’s multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and cultural diversity, Russia has developed…

Many wonder why Great Lent holds forty days. To be very accurate, Great Lent does not last forty days but thirty-six days. However, people generally think it holds forty days. This year: 2020 This year—2020—is a good year in which to explain this: because Great Lent begins on March 2nd, when it is “Clean Monday,”…

On February 27 2020, at Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary an event, titled “We Are Learning Foreign Languages” was held. The member of the Department of Foreign Languages PhD in Philology, Mrs. Tamar Nutsubidze conducted the event. The aforementioned event was dedicated to the accentuation of the academic process of teaching foreign languages (Greek, Italian,…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis requested from the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, the Church’s help in better informing the faithful over ways to avoid exposure to the coronavirus (2019-nCov). In a phone conversation, His Beatitude reiterated that the Church has always and will always stand by the side of the…

The Press office of the Romanian Patriarchate published a communiqué on February 27, 2020, in the context of excessive media coverage of the epidemic caused by Coronavirus (Covid – 19) and following requests from some state institutions that the Church should take measures to prevent the spread of the virus and to reduce the population’s fear of…

On Thursday, February 27, 2020, the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America convened at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America to discuss the 2020 and 2021 budgets, ongoing projects, and the upcoming 10th Anniversary of the Assembly, to be held May 2-5 in Washington,…

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej arrived in the United States of America in the afternoon hours of February 27, 2020. His Holiness was formally welcomed by V. Rev. Protopresbyter Milan Jovanovic at the Tampa Airport with his parishioners from the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Clearwater, Florida. Patriarch Irinej will be in the United…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, will stay in the United States of America from 27 February until 5 March 2020. His Holiness Irinej will preside over the Church Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South Americas in Clearwater, Florida on 29 February 2020. In addition, the Serbian Patriarch will visit parishes of…