One of Lebanon’s most beloved Orthodox Christian saints had been largely forgotten since his martyrdom on October 13, 1450. But over the centuries, faithful clergy and laity who flocked to his Monastery of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos of Hamatoura, Kousba, Lebanon would feel presence of this priest-monk and see visions of him…

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, Archpriest Thomas Zain, Vicar General of the Antiochian Archdiocese and Dean of St. Nicholas Cathedral in Brooklyn, New York, recently represented Sayidna in official functions important to the Archdiocese and Orthodox Christianity in the United States. The most recent was Tuesday, October 8 when Fr. Thomas participated…

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Another kidnapping of Christian pupils was reported in Nigeria, possibly the work of the Islamist terror group Boko Haram. According to eyewitnesses, five gunmen invaded a school and abducted six schoolgirls and two staff-members. The violent terror group was established in predominately Muslim northern Nigeria, where most of its attacks have taken place.

A holy relic of St. Spyridonas will be convened to Bucharest on Saturday, according to an announcement by the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate. The holy relic will remain in the Romanian capital until the afternoon for veneration by the faithful, before being conveyed to the city of Iasi, with a procession of clerics from the Metropolis…

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, this week bestowed the decoration of the Order of St. Sava, the founder of the Serbian Church, to the country’s president, Alexander Vučić, on the occasion of the 800-year anniversary of the establishment of the Autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church. In a brief statement afterwards, the…

Visiting Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday visited the St. George Orthodox Church in Cairo’s old district – one of the most significant Christian sites in all of Africa. Mitsotakis was given a guided tour by the Auxiliary Bishop of Babylonos, His Grace Theodoros. The Church stands in an area, where according to Christian…

The new civil governor of Mt. Athos, Athanasios Martinos, was sworn-in on Wednesday. Martinos, a well-known ship owner and philanthropist, was appointed to the high-profile post by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Mt. Athos is a semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community in northern Greece. Twenty monasteries, all male, are located on the eastern-most promontory of Halkidiki…

Members of the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod on Wednesday dealt with the increasingly acute problem of low birth rates in the country, with the term “genocide of the modern Greeks” also being used. During the second straight day of sessions, the Metropolitan of Nea Ionia & Philadelphia, His Eminence Gabriel, pointed to responsibility by…