The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, arrived in Hungary this week for an official visit, where he met in succession with Hungarian ministers and office-holders, as well as with the Primates of the major Christian denominations in the central European country. The situation in the Middle East, and especially…

The Metropolitan of Kampala, His Eminence Jonah, this week received a delegation from the Hands of Love charity, which is located on Cyprus. His Eminence welcomed the delegation’s members at the St. Nicholas Parish Church in NW Kampala, calling on them to continue their benevolent work, one which promotes the difficult work and challenges faced…

The 2020 budget of the Archdiocese of America has been approved, with his Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros, expressing his appreciation for the work done by all to accomplish the important task, saying the budget provides “…for notable changes in the current needs of our Archdiocese, while still being a balanced budget. I am especially grateful for…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday morning received Germany’s ambassador to Greece, Ernst Reichel at the Athens Archdiocese. Discussions revolved around issues of mutual interest.   Photos: Christos Mponis

Greek Church hierarchs this week continued to detail Orthodoxy’s dogmatic opposition to cremation, in the wake of the operation of the first crematorium in Greece, and specifically outside the south-central city of Halkida. Moreover, press reports this week cited the prospect of another two such units being opened in the country. As reported by the…

Metropolitan of Chisinau and Moldova Vladimir participated on Wednesday, 30 October 2019, in the conference “Imperishable power and significance of the Gospel in the modern society” held in Moscow. The conference was held within the Sixth plenary of the interconfessional Christian Committee, and included representatives of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant communities from Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan,…

On Tuesday, 29 October 2019, Metropolitan Vladimir participated in the ordinary session of the Holy Synod of the ROC at the Patriarchal Residence in the St. Daniel Monastery, Moscow. The session was chaired by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia. The Synod heard and accepted the petition of Metropolitan Sava of Tver and Kazan…

It is not only the faithful who receive holy blessings (agiasmo) in the Greek Orthodox Church, as it is a very common practice to see Greek priests blessing new homes, shops, buildings, cars, schools, etc. And when Archimandrite Parthenios, a young Priest from a local Church of Trikkis and Stagon in Trikala purchased a new…

Four years have passed since a deadly blaze killed 64 and wounded 147 at the Colectiv rock club in Bucharest in 2015. The mainstream media wrote many stories about a lack of involvement of the Church in helping the victims, but there are several important details omitted until today. Among the first to arrive at…