Epiphany Dumenko said that he sees no problems for the OCU to move up the date of Christmas celebration to December 25. The head of the OCU, Epiphany Dumenko, said that Ukrainians can celebrate Christmas by the Gregorian calendar on December 25 if they want to, according to Glavcom citing the Zik TV channel. According to Dumenko, at the moment…

The Russian Orthodox Church has supported participants of an event in defense of the traditional family, which was held in Moscow’s Sokolniki Park last weekend in light of plans to adopt a bill on domestic violence. “We consider the organization of a rally devoted to the bill on family and domestic violence to be a…

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia has suspended the activity of the Moscow mission of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. “Activity of the Moscow mission of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa has been temporarily suspended,” the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for External Church Relations head Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk told Interfax…

On 21 November 2019, on the Feast of the Synaxis of Archangel Michael all Bodiless Powers, Patriarchs Theophilos of Jerusalem and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow. The first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, His Eminence Vladimir of Chisinau…

On 24th November 2019, the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, the parishioners of the Nativity of St. John the Baptizer Church in Chisinau greeted with utmost joy and spiritual love the arch-pastor of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, who conducted the celebration of the Divine Liturgy marking the 10th anniversary of the…

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, John X Yazigi, received Sunday at the Patriarchate House in the Syrian capital, Damascus, a German parliamentary delegation headed by Frank Bazeman, accompanied by a Syrian parliamentary delegation.   — Source: nna-leb.gov.lb

Monday, Nov. 25, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Particularly disturbing figures released by the United Nations show that the murder of women is taking on dimensions of a global scourge. On average, 137 women around the world are murdered on a daily basis by their partner or another relative. For…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, over the weekend referred to the power entailed in charity, saying it is able to turn earthly goods into heavenly treasures. The Romanian Patriarch underlined that the virtue of charity is a course towards the Kingdom of God.

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Antonis Diamataris concluded a visit to Canada, where he was received at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, before visiting several Greek-language schools and meeting with members of the Greek-Canadian community. Diamataris, who holds the expatriate Greeks and religious affairs portfolio, was greeted at the Archdiocese’s Metamorphosis Day School, by the school’s administrators,…