The Church today venerates the memory of Philip the Apostle. St. Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles, hailing from Bethsaida of Galilee, and was a compatriot of Andrew and Peter. When the Lord Jesus summoned him to the dignity of apostleship, he immediately sought out and found Nathanael. Having preached the Gospel throughout many…

The faithful on the Dodecanese island of Rhodes today commemorates the memory of the city of Rhodes’ patron saint, St. Constantine of Hydra. The annual celebration, nevertheless, again brings to the forefront the unfortunate fact that the island capital lacks a cathedral dedicated to St. St. Constantine of Hydra. As a result, the ecclesiastical commemoration…

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland said on Thursday that the patriarch had been sent an invitation by the Evangelical Lutheran, Orthodox, and Catholic churches of Finland. The patriarch is expected to meet with the heads of the Finnish churches. “Current issues will be addressed,” a press release said. The last time a patriarch of…

On 12 November 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Dr. Dayan Jayatilleka, Ambassador extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to the Russian Federation. They were joined in the meeting by Ms. Sanja Jayatilleka, the Ambassador’s wife; Ms….

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has called on the global community to pay attention to the persecution of Christians in Africa. “As the primate of the largest of the Local Orthodox Churches, I have to point to discrimination in a number of countries, including my coreligionists, which are often persecuted,” he said at…

November 14, 2019 – His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, has begun his visit to Azerbaijan. At Heydar Aliyev Airport, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church was met by Archbishop Alexander of Baku and Azerbaijan, Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan M. Bocharnikov, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu, and Azerbaijan’s first deputy…

On behalf of His Eminence Yieronda Makarios, of the Holy Metropolis of Nairobi, yesterday the Vicar General Most Rev Fr John Karanja Kahihu represented the Metropolis at the Bible Society of Kenya Advisory Committee meeting held in Nairobi and later in the afternoon to a take over of a newly acquired property at Westlands for…

Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine and newly appointed Greek Ambassador to Ukraine Vasilios Bornovas have discussed prospects for the development of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), the OCU’s press service has reported. “The parties discussed a wide range of issues during the meeting, in particular, the situation in the east of our…

Magnificent and prayerful, as it fits, the Parish of St. Demetrius in Akron celebrated its Krsna Slava this year. As our people in the Diaspora, in the struggle for existence, are unable to attend Holy Worship on weekdays, this year’s Parish Slava in Akron was celebrated on Sunday, November 10. Priests in vestments, children bouquets…