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29.11.2019 | 16:47
Four Church of Greece Metropolitans call for Pan-Orthodox synod on issue of Ukrainian Church autocephaly
Four Metropolitans of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece this week called for the convening of a Pan-Orthodox synod to broach the issue of the granting of the Tomos of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. A lengthy letter requesting such a synod was signed by the Metropolitan of Dri-inoupolis,…
29.11.2019 | 16:20
Archbishop Ieronymos Offers Help to Homeless Greek Couple
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos offered to cover the accommodation costs of the elderly couple which has been made homeless and has been camping outside a church in central Athens for more than 40 days. Ieronymos visited the couple earlier in the week and said he is willing to personally pay the…
29.11.2019 | 15:59
First Romanian Church in Africa to be consecrated this Saturday
A new church dedicated to Saint Andrew the First-Called who is considered the Protector of Romania will be consecrated this Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa. The consecration ceremony will be officiated Nov. 30 by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe. The event represents the crowning of the efforts of the Romanian community…
29.11.2019 | 14:56
St. Paisy Velichkovsky celebrated in the Monastery of Noul Neamț (Chițcani, Moldova)
Help us, oh, Venerable Paisy, to fulfil the commandments of Christ, and, together with the heavenly powers, pray for our fathers hierarchs, priests, and monastics, for mothers and children, for those in suffering and need, for all right-faithful Christians, for the peace of the Church of Christ, for the Lord to protect us from all…
29.11.2019 | 14:26
Albania: Christian Charity Launches Emergency Appeal for Earthquake Victims
A Christian charity has launched an emergency appeal for aid following the biggest earthquake to hit Albania in decades. The 6-point-4 magnitude quake struck close to the capital Tirana, on Tuesday. 40 people were killed and over 650 injured in the country’s strongest tremor there since 1979. Mission Without Borders (MWB) is an international organisation…
29.11.2019 | 14:20
Boko Haram slaughter Cameroonian Christian boy for resisting kidnapping to become “child soldier”
A Christian schoolboy, reported to have been twelve-years-old, was hacked to death by Boko Haram when he resisted the militants’ attempt to abduct him as a “child soldier” in a raid on Tourou district, Far North Cameroon, on around 19 November. The young boy and his mother had fled their home when the militants swept…
29.11.2019 | 14:10
Archbishop Makarios is bringing changes to the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia
When Archbishop Makarios visited the Melbourne offices of Neos Kosmos last August, he promised radical changes which he said would be announced on his name day on 19 January. A prelude of what is to come has been offered with reshuffling within the Church. An announcement by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia on Thursday 28 November…
29.11.2019 | 14:07
Patriarch Kirill’s condolences over deaths caused by earthquake in Albania
On the night of November 26, 2019, an earthquake, the largest in the last 40 years, happened near the Albanian capital city of Tirana. According to the latest reports, over 32 people were killed and 658 were injured. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed condolences to the Primate of the…
29.11.2019 | 14:01
Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt of Olives celebrates the feast day of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear”
The most revered icon of the Mother of God at Ascension of the Lord Convent on the Mt of Olives, Jerusalem, is known as “Quick to Hear of Eleon.” The large image, painted on canvas, was brought by Russian pilgrims to the convent before World War I. This icon, painted in the Chernigov style, having…
