The role of the Church in the digital age and challenges arising from the applications of artificial intelligence were on the agenda of today’s session by members of the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod. Two hierarchs read out position papers during Thursday’s session, with the Metropolitan of Ioannina, His Eminence Maximos, addressing the Holy Synod…
The US House of Representatives last month recognized Oct. 19th as the 50th anniversary of the priesthood of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I. On Tuesday, Illinois Congressman Darin LaHood (R-18th District) presented an official copy of the US Congressional Record from Sept. 25, 2019, recognizing the spiritual leader of Eastern…
From September 27 to October 4, 2019, a delegation of ecclesial and secular mass media from Russia was on a visit to Ethiopia with the aim to develop relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian Church. They were to visit places associated with the history of Christianity in Ethiopia and to see the…
The Church today venerates the memory of Eulampius and Eulampia, the Martyrs. The siblings were from Nicomedia, in Asia Minor, and contested for Christ during the reign of the Roman Emperor Maximian, in the year 296.
A beautiful concert was given by our Njegos Youth Chorus of St. Sava Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. The chorus performed at the Cleveland Museum of Art during the International Community Day celebration. The program included music to celebrate the 800 years of the Serbian Orthodox Church. To open the program the chorus sang the Hymn…
There is currently one Orthodox church in the city of Kraków in southern Poland, the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, though it is no longer sufficient for the city’s Orthodox flock, thanks in large part to an influx of immigrants from the east, especially Ukraine. Soon the Polish Orthodox Church will be able…
A few days before the feast of Saint Paraskeva, His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan addressed the faithful in a video message stressing that all pilgrims who will visit Iasi these days will enjoy ‘the friendship, prayer and love of the Saints.’ The Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina underscored that this pilgrimage has been taking place for…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday officiated a blessing service for the new rector’s office at the University of Bucharest. The inauguration was attended by academicians, state officials, members of the University’s board of trustees, and professors. The rector of the University of Bucharest, Prof. Mircea Dumitru, told the audience that ‘the building is the…
On Wednesday, Oct. 2nd, 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, together with representatives from the Council of Patriarchs and Heads of Churches, welcomed a United States Congressional delegation (CODEL) to the Patriarchate in order to discuss the role of the Churches in Jerusalem and some of the current challenges they face, including threats…