The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday referred to the very significant role that religion can play in reinforcing peace around the world, and in promoting respect of human dignity, through a spirit of solidarity and the safeguarding of fundamental rights and freedoms, as he emphasized. His All Holiness addressed…

“Children are not our future – they are our present!” By the grace of God, on the twenty-third and twenty-fourth of January, at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Phoenix, Arizona, Orthodox youth workers from various jurisdictions and the entire country were gathered at the 19th Annual Orthodox Youth and Camp Workers Conference. Participants of…

On Saturday, 1 February 2020, on the 11th anniversary of inauguration of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, Metropolitan Vladimir and the episcopate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova participated in the Divine Liturgy in Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Moscow. The service was conducted by Patriarch Kirill, who was assisted by numerous…

On 2 February 2020, The 33rd Sunday after Pentecost, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova conducted the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the parish of the Entry of the Theotokos into the Church, representing the Moldovan Orthodox Church in Moscow (Moscow, 8/2c 4, Barashevsky per.). The official representation of the Orthodox Church of Moldova…

The tradition tells us that on the icon of Paramythia, the original expression on the faces of the figures and the position of the bodies of Christ and the Blessed Virgin changed when the following strange miracle occurred, January 21, 1321 in front of the Abbot – Saint Ghennadios of Vatopedi – which went there…

Professor and Dean​ Dr. Christopher Veniamin has announced that the Antiochian House of Studies (AHOS) application period for the Ph.D. in Orthodox Studies is open. The application period is the entire month of February; a new cohort is accepted only once every two years (2016, 2018, 2020); and places are limited to approximately 10 students per class.​ Blessed by His…

January 28-30, 2020 His Grace Bishop Gregorios (Khoury Abdullah), Bishop of the Emirates visited Kuwait at the invitation of His Eminence Metropolitan Ghattas (Hazim) and held meetings with the parish. He spoke on the incident of Zacchaeus the tax collector and projected it on spiritual life. His Grace also addressed the youth about time and…

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The situation for Christian churches and Christians in the western Balkans over the recent period appears to have worsened, especially in Montenegro. The government in the small Adriatic country last month ignored heightened protests and opposition by the Orthodox Church to push through a law that threatens to confiscate properties and relics for which religious…