Restoration of the Zagradje Monastery, endowment of Stefan Vukcic Kosaca, Herzog of Saint Sava, lasted for more than twenty years. His Eminence Amfilohije, Archbishop of Cetinje and Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, and Their Graces Bishops Atanasije of Mileseva, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, Teodosije of Raska-Prizren, Joakim of Polog-Kumanovo, Sergije of Bihac-Petrovac and Dimitrije of…

Events continued this week within the framework of the program “Green Georgia”, which has been blessed by the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. A tree-planting was held at a new park in Tbilisi, in which Orthodox Church clerics also participated.  

Members of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod convened in Bucharest on Monday, with Church hierarchs, among others, proposing a series of events on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of a dour communist regime in the country. The aim is to honor those who sacrificed their life in December 1989, during…

The first Sunday school for children with hearing impairment was opened recently in Moscow, coinciding with the International Day of Sign Languages. The Sunday school was established with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, and following an initiative by the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department of…

The municipality of Limassol, on the occasion of the 1400-year anniversary of the repose of St. John the Merciful, the Patriarch of Alexandria and the patron saint of the coastal Cypriot city, has declared 2019 as dedicated to the Christian saint. A procession of an exact replica of St. Constantine’s True Cross, which was conveyed…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, on Saturday spoke at a banquet in celebration of the 100 years of the St. Barbara Greek Orthodox parish in Orange, Connecticut. In his address, Elpidophoros stated: “…We give thanks as well for the lives and labors of the blessed and ever-memorable founders of your holy Church. They came…

The Jerusalem Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, held at the Monastery of the Sacred Cross – located in West Jerusalem, near the Knesset. The Church holds the belief that the three-composed wood, which was used to make the Cross of the Lord’s Crucifixion, was planted in…

Members of the Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod convened on Tuesday in Athens, for a second consecutive day this week, with the issue of religious classes in public schools dominating the agenda. Discussion over the matter comes in the wake of a majority high court ruling in Greece last month, whereby the previous Greek…

Christian persecution remains rampant. Szijjarto said: “In global politics, the fact that Christians are being persecuted is being ignored,” and that his government is “fighting against the perception that Christianophobia would be the last acceptable form of discrimination.” ChristianPersecution.com has seen that perception play out many times, and has reported on many officials worldwide noting…