10th year consecutively, traditional gifts were offered to about 300 children from various placement centres, in the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral on the Feast of St. Nicholas. Early morning, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy, assisted at the service by numerous priests and deacons. A guest cleric concelebrated to the…

The arch-pastor of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, is presently conducting a group of Moldovan pilgrims visiting the Holy Land. The metropolitan is accompanied by Bishop Anatolie of Cahul and Comrat, Vicar Bishop Ioan of Soroca, numerous clergy and laity. Thursday, 12 December 2019, the group of pilgrims were received by…

The Resurrection of Christ is the most significant event to take place in History. It is the event that differentiates Christianity from every other religion. Other religions have mortal leaders, whereas the Head of the Church is the Resurrected Christ. “Resurrection of Christ” implies the deification and the resurrection of human nature, and the hope…

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Members of a Russian Orthodox Church committee on hospital care again convened this week at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodical Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry. Participants submitted proposals for improvement in coordination with the Russian health ministry, as well as the holding of events ahead of the Christmas holiday.

A blessing ceremony for the foundation-laying of a Orthodox Church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was held on Wednesday in Tanzania, officiated by the Bishop of Arusha and Central Tanzania, His Grace Agathonikos.  

Orthodox Christians in war-ravaged Syria, who have persevered amid eight years of attacks and threats by armed Islamist groups active in the ongoing civil war, rejoiced this month with the ringing of the Church bell and the celebration of a Divine Liturgy in a building next to the St. George Church of Arbin. The Cathedral,…

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week was received by the new governor of Alexandria, Mohamed Al-Sherif. The latter expressed his respect and appreciation of the Greek Orthodox Church of Africa, a Patriarchate that has been based in the ancient and celebrated metropolis of Alexandria for two…

Greece’s education and religious affairs ministry is reportedly preparing a circular announcing the restoration of the practice of school classes attending mass during the Feast Day of the Three Holy Hierarchs, considered as the patron saints of education by the Orthodox Church, which is annually commemorated on Jan. 30. The decades-old practice was abolished by…