Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic on the new Law in Montenegro “…Terrible injustice is being imposed against the Serbian Orthodox Church; we are experiencing an attack on Orthodoxy in Montenegro, designed, projected, but, as Christians, we have a duty to resist and to stand up against the injustice, that our people and their priests have done….

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the annual winter camp for children and adolescents began, hosted by the Elevation of the Holy Cross Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland. Over 40 kids headed by the director of the parish school, Protopriest Emilian…

On Friday morning, December 21-2019/ January 3-2020, Matins was held at the Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen of the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood. For pilgrimage reasons the Royal Hours of Christmas were added to this Service, but according to the Typikon the Service of the Royal Hours is on Monday December 24-2019 / January 6-2020….

Archpriest Milosav Jovanovic: the Gentiles rose to persecute the Church of Christ, to persecute Christ from Montenegro. After an acathist officiated in the church of Sts Peter and Paul in Bijelo Polje, some 12.000 faithful went in a prayerful procession to the church of St. Nicholas at Nikoljac. This procession was joined by a group…

Bishop Irinej of Bačka believes that the Jerusalem Patriarchate as a Church founded by Christ has the right and duty to convene the Council of Churches. Bishop Irinej (Bulović) of Bačka of the Serbian Orthodox Church stated that Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem has the moral right to convene an All-Orthodox meeting of Primates on the…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia has issued a fire appeal. Read the full text below:   My dear friends, With great sadness and heartache, we find ourselves in the midst of a fire crisis, which has unfolded in front of our eyes in recent days, here in our blessed Australia. We share the grief…

Archbishop Sotirios visited Calgary, Alberta as he has done for many years on the 31st of December. That evening, he was present at the New Year’s Eve celebration in the community hall. On the 1st of January, he celebrated the Divine Liturgy with Rev. Fr. D. Rougas and Rev. Fr. P. Rougas. Calgary is one…

The soul, being created rational and understandable by the life-giving breath of God, was not created at once with irrational anger and lust, but with the power of desire and, along with that, with the force of love. Neither was the body created, from the beginning, with irrational anger and lust. For man received those…

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