The Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church of Steubenville marked their 113th Slava on Sunday September 29th. The Church also celebrated the 76th anniversary of their choir, Petar Krstich. They welcomed the choir of St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church of Steelton with their priest Fr. Christopher Rocknage and his family, who sang and served for the…

It was announced last month that Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis had been appointed by Australia’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios as the first ever resident Greek Orthodox Bishop in Queensland. “I am very happy and humbled to be asked and entrusted by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios with this opportunity and responsibility,” Bishop Iakovos told Neos Kosmos….

On Tuesday, September 18/ October , 2019, the new school year was blessed at the Patriarchal School of the Patriarchate at the Hill of Zion with the blessing of the water, which was officiated by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, escorted by the Chairman of the School Board Most Reverend Archbishop Isidoros…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has received the Plaque of St Erik for his commitment to religious freedom, human rights and care for creation. Church of Sweden Archbishop Dr Antje Jackelén presented the award on 1 October during the Orthodox church leader’s visit to the Lutheran church. The citation reads: “His All Holiness, Archbishop of Constantinople,…

A senior delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, visited the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza on Thursday and met with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Alexios and Issa Tarazi, the head of the refugee committee of the Near East Council of Churches. The church is named after Saint Porphyry, who was Bishop of Gaza…

On September 26, 2019, the Summer Institute for representatives of the Church of England completed its work in Moscow. It was organized by the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies (CMI) and supported by the Russkiy Mir foundation. The institute organized for the attendees visits to Synodal departments and theological schools of the…

From September 27-29, 2019, the choir of the Cathedral of the Epiphany, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, gave recitals in Slovakia and Czechia. The choir was conducted by the cathedral’s chief precentor Alexander Majorov. The tour…

The Divine Liturgy marked the beginning of the new 2019/2020 academic academic year at the Theological Faculty of Sofia University. With the blessing of His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte the Holy Liturgy was celebrated by His Holiness the Bishop of Melnik Gerasim. Bishop Gerasim sent greetings and blessings on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch…

The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, received the US ambassador to the country, Justin Freedman. In his statements, the Bulgarian Patriarch reminded that the Orthodox Church backs all the positive initiatives in the country, while also referring to the Bulgarian expatriates in the United States.