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The chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Department for Society and Mass Mediа Relations, Vladimir Legoida, this week reiterated the Moscow Patriarchate’s opposition to a draft bill regarding domestic violence. Legoida, who is also the acting head of the Patriarchate’s press service, echoed a previous statement by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His…

A fire caused half a million dollars worth of damage to the Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ in Port Adelaide. The cause of the fire is under investigation. According to local media, religious relics and icons inside the church are believed to have been retrieved by emergency personnel.

The issue of the completion of the iconic St. Nicholas Cathedral at “Ground Zero” in Manhattan, at a spot where a destroyed Orthodox chapel by the same name once stood next to the Twin Towers, again surfaced this week, with the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, referring to issue. He said “… The name…

The Church today venerates the memory of Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra. The saint lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, and reposed in 330 AD. After a pilgrimage in his youth to Jerusalem, he returned to Myra, and was ordained bishop. He became known for his abundant mercy, providing for the poor…

With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the feast day of Saint John of Damascus, patron saint of the Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand and of the martyr Saint Barbara was celebrated with a Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand on Wednesday December 4, 2019, in…

On Sunday, December 1rst, 2019, the second year students at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology – Balamand held an educational event in the parish of St. Phocas in Kaftoun for the sons and daughters of the SOS village – Kfarhay, Batroun. This activity is part of the pastoral program at the Theological…

His Beatitude Patriarch John X, presided the vigil in honor of Saints Barbara and John of Damascus at the Church of St. John of Damascus, next to the Patriarchate, with the participation of the Patriarchal Vicar His Grace Bishop Ephraim Malouli and the presence of His Grace Bishop Luka El-Khoury. A group of priests and…

Pro Vita Iași, pro life department of Iași Archdiocese, is running a large-scale food drive for two weeks this month to benefit large families this winter season. The program, “Joy in the Family-Pizza for Good Deeds” runs from December 2 to 17 and aims to mobilize 10,000 students from 55 educational institutions in Moldova to…