Particularly moving scenes were recorded in the northern Greece city of Thessaloniki, which this past week welcomed the Holy Relic of St. John Chrysostom and a wonder-working icon of the saint. On Friday, the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, read out the blessing and sanctification of St….

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has returned to the Patriarchate’s Fanar district headquarters after concluding a nine-day tour of the Holy Metropolis of Belgium & Exarchy of the Netherlands and Luxemburg, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of its foundation. On Thursday, His All Holiness was received by the…

Today marks the dour 36th anniversary of the illegal and secessionist declaration of statehood by a Turkish-Cypriot pseudo-state in the one-third of the island republic still occupied by the Turkish military. The unilateral action was roundly condemned by the international community at the time, with UN Security Council resolution 541 “deploring” the action, as it…

November 14, 2019 – the Second Summit of World Religious Leaders has opened in the Congress Center in Baku. Timed for the 70th birthday of the chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB), Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshuqur Pasha-zade, and the 40th anniversary of his service as the CMB chairman, it has been organized by the CMB and the Azerbaijani…

On 14 November 2019, a reception given on behalf of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in honour of the heads of delegations attending the 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku took place at the Geidar Aliyev Cultural Centre. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and members of the Russian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Father Francisco de Assis da Cruz Feitos, the rector of the Church of Our Lady the Odigitria in Brasilia, after attending a BRICS summit. At the meeting, Putin asked the priest how it happened that he converted to Orthodoxy from Catholicism. The church rector told the Russian president that…

His Holiness Patriarch Pavle (Stojčević ) of Serbia (September 11, 1914-November 15, 2009) lived a long life full of Christian asceticism. His simplicity, meekness, and humility, combined with his strict asceticism inspired the love that millions of believers had for him during his lifetime. Many already considered him a living saint, and after his repose, faith…

His Grace Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe made his first archpastoral visit to the Belgian capital on the weekend of November 9-10, 2019, visiting both Brussels parishes: the Parish of the Resurrection of Christ and the Memorial Church of the Righteous Job the Long-suffering. Upon arrival in the Belgian capital on Friday evening,…

On Nov. 13, 2019 by the grace of God and the blessings of His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu, divine liturgy was celebrated at Holy Resurrection Cathedral – Jinja in commemoration of Saint John Chrysostom who happens to be the patron saint for Rev. Fr. Koolya Chrysostom the Vicar Eastern Uganda. May the Hierarch intercede for…