The National Assembly of the Republic of Srpska, the Serbian entity within Bosnia, is expected to ratify a proclamation this month regarding the continued opposition and protest rallies in Montenegro against a controversial law that was passed last month in the small Adriatic country. Deputies in the assembly have called for the proclamation to…

  The Archbishop of Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, has sent an official letter to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beautitude Theophilos III, explaining the reasons why he will be unable to attend a Pan-Orthodox synaxis, or assembly, being organized by the latter in Jordan. His Beatitude Anastasios reiterated that such an initiative undoubtedly…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Vlasios, the Holy Martyr of Sebastia, in Asia Minor. Divine grace, through which he healed the diseases of men and beasts, and especially of infants, made his name famous. He contested for the Faith under Licinius in the year 316.

Daniel Codrescu, the coordinator of the team of artists working at the new Orthodox Cathedral in Bucharest, has released several images of the mosaic icons that will adorn the Cathedral’s altar space. “The decorations from the window frames were installed. In parallel, we also work in the workshop to make the mosaics in detail. We…

Archbishop Anastasios, the primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church, will not attend the Synaxis of the Primates in Jordan proposed by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem for the discussion of issues of Church unity surrounding the ongoing Ukrainian Church crisis. In his letter to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, dated January 8 and published on…

Assembly looks likely to adopt a declaration expressing sympathy for Montenegro’s Serbs in their battles with the Podgorica government over a new religion law. The assembly of the Serb-led entity in Bosnia, Republika Srpska, is likely to adopt a “Declaration on the Situation of the Serbian People in Montenegro” at its next session, following the…

It was in the parish of perpetually-depressed Johnstown, Pennsylvania, a number of decades ago. The colors of the land were washed out. The sky was drab with winter, even in spring, and the view from the parish rectory grimy, looking over the grey mountain-range and a tired horizon. Much of the area’s industries were shuttered…

The Bulgarian Orthodox church has not given its blessing for providing Christian artifacts for the exhibition in the Louvre, BNR reported. This is a principled position that items must not be taken out of the church repositories and taken abroad unless it is for pilgrimages, said Gerasim,Bishop of Melnik, secretary of the Holy Synod. The…

by Fr. George Tsahakis Dear Clergy & Parish Council Members, With spring approaching, our communities have requested support in key parish areas that help them grow and prosper. Toward that aim, your Parish Council members are invited to network and exchange ideas that will challenge and support your efforts. On Saturday, March 21, our Atlanta…