Thousands of people gathered in the Montenegrin capital and in other towns and cities to protest against the controversial new law on religion, which the Serbian Orthodox Church has denounced. While MPs in parliament in Montenegro debated the controversial religious law, many citizens, opposition supporters and Serbian Orthodox priests took to the streets to express…
In the early hours of Friday, Montenegro’s parliament passed a controversial law on freedom of religion and the legal status of religious communities amid mass protests throughout the country The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church has pinned the blame for the adverse effects of the newly-approved law on religious…
Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius visited the children’s resource center for inclusive education in the Shevchenkivsky district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on December 26, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has reported on Facebook. “Blessed Metropolitan Epiphanius visited the students of the resource center for inclusive education in the Shevchenkivsky district of Kyiv,…
Russian Ambassador to Vienna Dmitry Lyublinsky said that preparations for Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Austria are underway Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia may visit Austria in 2020, Russian Ambassador to Vienna Dmitry Lyublinsky said on Friday at the New Year reception at the Russian Embassy in Austria. “At the end of May [2020],…
Ninety-two big churches and 18 small churches were built in the nine years of the program to build Orthodox churches in Moscow, the press service for Vladimir Resin, the curator of the program and a State Duma deputy, said. “This list comprises 92 big (main) and 18 small churches. That is, we have de facto…
His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej received in audience His Excellency Vladimir Bozovic, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to Montenegro, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on December 25, 2019. Ambassador Bozovic thanked the Serbian Patriarch for a reception during which they discussed some ongoing problems facing the dioceses of the Serbian…
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A very interesting and insightful video has been posted today by the Orthodoxia news agency, focusing on Albania and the revival of Orthodox Christianity in what was once Europe’s most oppressed and isolated corners. Journalist Maria Giachnaki and a camera crew from the Orthodoxia news agency traveled to Albania this month, to speak with…
The inspiring story of former Romanian international footballer Mihai Nesu is posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. Nesu was left paralyzed after suffering a neck injury during a training session with FC Utrecht in May 2011. Now confined to a wheel chair, Nesu was baptized in the Orthodox faith and…