The Christians in Simitli, Bulgaria have shown that they love to help. At the beginning of November, the parish at the „Nativity of Christ“ Church in Simitli launched an initiative to support the orphanage, located in Novi Han, where the Church helps 300 children. Many people joined the initiative and thanks to their donations, over…

A former employee of one of China’s largest technology firms — China Mobile Online Services — recently revealed how the communist country’s government is manipulating public opinion by monitoring citizens’ mobile phones. The telecommunications firm is a subsidiary of China Mobile Limited. The unnamed ex-employee, referred to as “Mr. Li,” told the religious liberty magazine…

On 3rd December 2019, a church museum opened at the Centre of Religious Education in the territory of the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow. Among the museum’s exhibits are works of art which had been kept at the parish or in…

The parishes of the temples „St. Nicholas the Wonderworker „and“ St. Archangel Michael ”in Varna, started collecting food and funds for Christmas packages for people in need. Products and supplies are currently being collected at the bookstore at the St. Archangel Michael „and at the church“ St. Nikolay the Wonderworker ”every day until 12/19/2019 from…

On 5 December 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, met with Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East at the headquarters of the Antiochian Patriarchate in Damascus. During a lengthy talk they discussed a…

On 5 December 2019, His Beatitude Tikhon, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, Primate of the Orthodox Church in America arrived in Moscow to take part in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the OCA Representation. The OCA delegation includes Archbishop David of Sitka and Alaska; Archimandrite Andrei (Hoarşte); bishop-elect of Cleveland, auxiliary to…

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow received an anonymous bomb threat on Friday, an informed source told Interfax. “The city’s emergency services are heading to the site,” the source said. This is the second such threat received by the cathedral this week, it said. Several courts in Moscow and the office of a…

Representatives of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches met Dec. 4, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The meeting of the Joint Commission of Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches in the United Stated (Joint Commission) was the continuation of a first encounter that took place on October 8, 2019 at the Armenian…

We learnt enough in order to have confidence in what we think we know but we did not learnt enough in order to accept something else which might contradict our narrow views. Our times are times of mediocrity, of passion for inculture, of laziness, of inability to tackle a task and finish it and of…