The year that passed, 2019, marks one of the worst in recent memory for Christians around the world, with persecution taking on genocidal dimensions, according to a report by the organization “Open Doors”. The US-based group reports that roughly 260 million people worldwide faced persecution for their Christian faith, a number that is up by…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Anthony the Great, the father of monks, who was born in Lower Egypt in 251 to pious parents — and who devoted himself to aesthetic monasticism from a very young age, upon hearing the Gospel verse: “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell what thou hast,…

The Municipal Development Fund of Georgia has completed the landscaping works of cultural heritage and tourist zone in Motsameta Monastery of Tkibuli Municipality. The project that backed by the World Bank and its cost averages GEL 1.4 million, envisaged reinforcement of enclosure walls, as well as construction-rehabilitation of visitor’s center, parking lot, communication system and…

The City Council of New York approved the renaming of a number of streets and public places at its meeting on December 19. Among the honorees is Archpriest Paul Schneirla (+ 2014), who served as the parish priest of St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Brooklyn for over 50 years, reports Brooklyn Reporter. “Whether they are…

On 16 January 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with H.E. Johannes Aigner, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the Russian Federation. They were joined at the meeting, which took place at the DECR premises, by Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, secretary for far abroad…

The project for renovation of Saint Nedelya Square downtown Sofia of Italian Architect Massimiliano Fuksas is unsuitable for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, priest Kiril Popov who serves at the Saint Nedelya church said at a discussion at the Union of Architects in Bulgaria. The project interrupts church life in our temple which turns into a church-museum…

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honours Friday the memory of the Venerable Anthony the Great, on the holiday called Antonovden. Anthony was born in about 250 AD in Egypt. During his life he spent 20 years in complete solitude in the desert. Sick and suffering people came to him for help. At the alleged age of…

It was on this day Friday 17. January 1997, the feast day of Saint Antonios the Great, in the morning hours, the forever loved and the very first Metropolitan of the Uganda Orthodox Church Theodorus Nankyama reposed in the Lord! Today at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral where his body was laid to rest, His Grace…

Watching Australia and its people experiencing one of the most devastating tragedies in the nation’s history, Greek Australian priest Michael Psaromatis, 34, felt the need to help where he was needed most. Last Friday, together with his wife Cynthia, the 34-year-old priest flew to Kangaroo Island hoping to assist with fire relief efforts. “With the…