The monastic settlements on Mount Athos can be separated into the following categories: the twenty monasteries and their dependencies – that is sketes, kellia, kalyves, hermitages and dwellings. The above order reflects, to some extent, the number of the monks who live in the foundation and the austerity of the life there. On the other…

On the 23rd of December, a conference dedicated to the 42nd anniversary of the enthronement of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Tskhum-Apkhazeti was held at Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary. The Rector of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary, PhD in Theology and Philology, Professor, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze…

On the 24th of December, His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios presided over Matins and the Divine Liturgy to celebrate the feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Dormition, Mt. Pritchard. Assisting His Eminence in the service were parish priest, the Rev. Fr. Isaac Zghaib…

Despite strong protests from the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the majority religion in the country, the Montenegrin Parliament adopted the anti-Church law “On Freedom of Religion and Belief and the Legal Status of Religious Communities” on December 26. Large crowds of Orthodox faithful took to the streets in several…

Thousands of people gathered in the Montenegrin capital and in other towns and cities to protest against the controversial new law on religion, which the Serbian Orthodox Church has denounced. While MPs in parliament in Montenegro debated the controversial religious law, many citizens, opposition supporters and Serbian Orthodox priests took to the streets to express…

In the early hours of Friday, Montenegro’s parliament passed a controversial law on freedom of religion and the legal status of religious communities amid mass protests throughout the country The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church has pinned the blame for the adverse effects of the newly-approved law on religious…

Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius visited the children’s resource center for inclusive education in the Shevchenkivsky district of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on December 26, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has reported on Facebook. “Blessed Metropolitan Epiphanius visited the students of the resource center for inclusive education in the Shevchenkivsky district of Kyiv,…

Russian Ambassador to Vienna Dmitry Lyublinsky said that preparations for Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Austria are underway Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia may visit Austria in 2020, Russian Ambassador to Vienna Dmitry Lyublinsky said on Friday at the New Year reception at the Russian Embassy in Austria. “At the end of May [2020],…

Ninety-two big churches and 18 small churches were built in the nine years of the program to build Orthodox churches in Moscow, the press service for Vladimir Resin, the curator of the program and a State Duma deputy, said. “This list comprises 92 big (main) and 18 small churches. That is, we have de facto…