His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, stressed that Christianity and the ideology of non-resistance are not the same thing. It is essential to resist evil, but in a way so that evil does not seize us, he said. “Christianity has nothing to do with the so-called ideology of pacifism. Christ talked about…

On 29 January, 2020, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, met with the rector, professors and students of Kiev Theological Academy and Seminary (KTAS) who are making a pilgrimage to Russia in the period from January 27 to February 2, 2020. The meeting took place at the Red Hall of the Cathedral…

Archbishop Elpidophoros, the primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, visited the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia’s Holy Virgin-Joy of All Who Sorrow Cathedral in San Francisco recently. During his visit, he venerated the relics of St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco that are preserved there. “God is wondrous in His…

Christian churches are under attack in Sudan. Three churches, including an Orthodox church, have been burnt down twice in the span of less than a month in the village of Bout in the Blue Nile state of the Republic of Sudan. The other churches attacked are from the Catholic Church and the Sudan Internal Church,…

Under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, the Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Târgoviștei met on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in its annual working session at the Eparchial residence, reports the diocesan website. The Assembly heard reports on the pastoral-missionary work of the Archdiocese and working committees examined the reports of the various Archdiocesan…

Bishop of the UOC Victor (Kotsaba) met with the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Anastasios (Yannulatos). On January 29, 2020, Tirana hosted a meeting between the Primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, Anastasios (Yannulatos), and the Head of the UOC Representation to European International Organizations, Bishop Victor (Kotsaba)…

On 29 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), met with Montenegro Ambassador to Russia H. E. Ramiz Basic, who is completing his tenure as head of the Montenegro diplomatic mission in Moscow. Metropolitan Hilarion welcomed the high-ranking diplomat to the synodal department responsible for…

EVENT DETAILS The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago is hosting its Inaugural Servant Leadership Awards Banquet on May 1, 2020, at the Cotillion Banquets in Palatine, Illinois. The evening is dedicated to honoring laypersons from throughout the Metropolis who have demonstrated service, leadership and innovation within their parishes or in their greater communities. His Eminence…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, the beloved primate of the canonical Ukrainian Church, is a man of great prayer who does all he can to avoid clashes and places his hope in God, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania believes. The Albanian primate expressed his view on the ongoing crisis in…