Patriarchate of Georgia calls for ‘immediate release’ of Georgian doctor from Tskhinvali custody and releases the following statement. ‘We are deeply saddened by the imprisonment of Georgian doctor, the president of the Georgian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Vazha Gaprindashvili. Everyone knows this person as a highly experienced surgeon who has saved many people’s health…

UK Christian religious freedom charity Release International has shifted their focus to Pakistan on this year’s International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (IDOP), which was on Sunday. Although 17th November has been set aside for Christians in the UK and Ireland to pray for persecuted Christians, people are being urged to set aside…

On November 15 and 16, the International Day for Tolerance, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II received leaders and representatives of various religions and confessions existing in Georgia at the Patriarchate’s residence. The Guests included leaders of the Jewish community, the Muslim Division, the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church, Latin Catholics, Yezidi…

Metropolitan Athanasios “separates his position in commemorating the name of Epiphany” and recognizes only His Beatitude Onuphry as head of the Church in Ukraine. The commemoration of the name of the head of the OCU Epiphany, made by the Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria in Cyprus on November 12, 2019, does not express the opinion of…

With great joy, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia participated at the 60th anniversary dinner of the Cretan Association of Sydney and NSW. The event took place on Saturday, November 16, in the parish hall of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, at the suburb of Liverpool.     — Source: greekorthodox.org.au

Lakkoskiti (Romanian: Schitul Lacu) is the short form name of a small “monastic village” consisting the idiorrhythmic “skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou”. Sited at the north foothills of Mount Athos, in Greece, in a valley crossed by Morfonou River and surrounded by a wonderful forest of chestnut trees, it is inhabited by Romanian monks….

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, spoke by phone on Friday with the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, His Beatitude Epiphanius, with reports stating that the latter hierarch again thanked the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa for his prayers and brotherly support towards the…

On Saturday, November 16, 2019, Bishop Sevastianos invited clergy and lay leaders from the Coastal Conference to meet at Holy Trinity Church in Columbia, Georgia to implement Metropolis goals and establish a conference calendar. His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios has asked His Grace to establish and build up our Metropolis’ seven regional conferences. Thanks to all…

Participants of the 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku, Azerbaijan, were introduced to the welcoming speech of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. In his speech, Patriarch of Georgia focused on the issue of Davit Gareji, a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex. Patriarch underlined that the spirit of tolerance…