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  The Metropolitan of Cameroon, His Eminence Gregorios, spoke this week to the Orthodoxia news agency and journalist Maria Giachnaki. His Eminence emotionally spoke about the Orthodox Church’s mission in the west Africa country, the problems he faced and faces. 

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday received a delegation of Greek Parliament deputies who are members of the Diaspora and Hellenism committee in the legislature. The president of the committee, Savvas Anastasiadis, expressed his and the other members’ respect for the venerable Church of Constantinople, while briefing the…

  The Church today commemorates Great Feast Day of the Entrance of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, into the Temple, at the age of three.

  Greek President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos on Thursday inaugurated an academic forum at the University of Athens on noted 20th century Greek poet Kostis Palamas, who is best known as the author of the Olympic Hymn. Pavlopoulos referred to the national poet’s works, especially poem “The Twelve Lays of the Gypsy”, while underling…

  The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, was greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at the Kremlin, in the presence of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Kirill. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch traveled to Russia to receive the Prize of Patriarch Alexy II, which will be…

  The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week received the new French ambassador to the country. According to subsequent local press reports, talks touched on the support by Paris for Georgia’s territorial integrity and traditionally friendly relations between the Georgian and French people.

This inaugural video of The Academy of St Juliana focuses on the history of Orthodoxy in the British Isles and the role of the liturgical arts in the renewal of the spiritual and cultural life of the community and the nation. This video features interviews with: Archimandrite Philip of the Monastery of St Antony and…

An important new book for the liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in Portugal was recently published. After many years of hard work, the first full service book for priests, choirs, and readers in the Portuguese language is now available, reports the Portuguese Deanery of the Russian Orthodox Church. Publication of the 336-page publication was…