The synodical department of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for Church Relations with Society and Mass Media, in cooperation with the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation, held a round-table meeting to discuss cooperation in the management of Orthodox communities’ social media, as well as the threat of defamation emanating from social media.

  The northern Bulgaria city of Pleven this week celebrated the 142nd anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule, and specifically the day when the then Metropolitan of Pleven Ignatius held a memorial service in the courtyard of the St, George the Conqueror Chapel. The Chapel today serves as a mausoleum for the Russian and…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday received the Civil Governor of Mt. Athos, Athanasios Martinos. Cooperation regarding the planned renovations at the Patriarchate’s Halki School of Theology were discussed. Martinos, a well-known ship-owner and philanthropist, has pledged to finance the works at the seminary, while he also briefed…

  Thousands of mourners from around the world on Wednesday paid their respects and bid farewell to the Elder Ephraim of Arizona, considered as a pioneer of Orthodox Monasticism in North America — and as a significant figure in reinvigorating Orthodoxy in the New World over the past four decades. The 91-year-old Elder Archimandrite was…

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Parish in Cambridge, MA. It was the first time that the relics of Sts. Anargyroi, St. George, St. Tryfon, St. Haralambos, and the Holy Cross, which were recently entrusted to the care of the Parish were…

BALTIMORE, MD – With a refresh of its popular gift catalog, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is offering gift-givers ways to share with loved ones while helping people in need at home and abroad. IOCC’s updated Gifts of Love catalog is available online: ioccgifts.org and showcases the impact that private donations have for people in…

On 11th December 2019, in the Hall of Supreme Church Council of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the Supreme Church Council of the Russian Orthodox Church held its regular session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill delivered an opening address. The…

The Montenegrin government submitted its controversial bill on religious freedom on Thursday, December 5 for consideration by the nation’s Parliament despite opposition by the Serbian Orthodox Church and threats of social unrest, reports Balkan Insight. The bill proposes to register as state properly all religious buildings and sites formerly owned by the Kingdom of Montenegro…

A free medical center for the homeless in Irkutsk was opened and consecrated recently in a joint project between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Ministry of Health. The new premises, located at a charitable church cafeteria, were consecrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Vadim of Irkutsk and Angarsk, reports the Synodal Department for Charity…