The Metropolitan of Aitolia and Akarnania, His Eminence Cosmas, this week flatly dismissed a series of recent press reports claiming that he will resign from the western Greece Metropolis’ throne. In a statement a local television station, His Eminence said he will continue to serve as a pastor of his flock for as long as…

Beirut Greek Orthodox Archbishop, Elias Audeh, on Thursday welcomed Greek Ambassador to Lebanon, Franciscos Verros, with talks reportedly touching on cooperation between Orthodox Archdiocese of Beirut and the Greek Embassy. Ambassador Verros said that he briefed Archbishop Audeh on the atmosphere of joint work in the service of the Lebanese and Orthodox communities. Source: NNA

On the day that the Orthodox Church commemorates the Elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross, five nuns of Căşiel Monastery in Valea Cășeielului in northern Romania bravely took up their own crosses, offering their monastic vows. The rite of tonsuring was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj following the Vigil on the…

  On Sunday, marking the 40-day memorial of Fr Marius Bărăscu who tragically died in a car accident, leaving behind a wife and four children, a new parish priest was installed in Parava, a village in eastern Romania. Fr. Marius Gheorghiță Prisecariu was presented to the congregation as new rector of Parava parish by the…

Bishop Dionysius Erhan, one of the most outstanding church personalities from Bessarabia in the first half of the 20th century, will be proclaimed a Saint by Patriarch Daniel and other Romanian hierarchs in a canonization ceremony in Bucharest in October on the feast of St Demetrius the New. The canonization ceremony was set for October…

On September 17, 2019, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph attended the fall meeting of CAMECT (Christian Arab and Middle Eastern Churches Together) at the Coptic Orthodox Diocesan Center in Staten Island, NY. He was accompanied by Archdiocese Vicar General Fr. Thomas Zain. Leaders and representatives from the various Christian Churches with roots in the Middle East…

According to freedom charity Open Doors, St Joseph’s primary school was taken over by Islamic State just after it was built in 2014. Following an invasion by IS militants, thousands of children were forced to flee from the town of Qaraqosh with their families, while the new school was quickly transformed into a military base….

Few words, much love. To all. No matter who they are because every one of us is ‘sent’, every one of us is created with a purpose, every one of us is unique in his own way. Nobody is useless, even if some of us feel like so but we are only useful when we…

The Alexandrian Church’s position on modern forms of slavery and on the struggle of refugees -migrants for a better life, dealing with the issue of sorcery in the African countries, applications of modern technology on the African continent today, the clergy fund, as well as ecological issues and the use of the media in the…