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…

Three bishops, two famous icons and more than 100 parishioners are expected at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church’s 90th anniversary celebration this month. The church on Honeyspot Road across the street from Two Roads Brewing Company was built in 1941, but services actually began in a home on nearby Lake Street in 1929. Among the…

The 104-year-old Greek Orthodox Church in Pocatello will soon be filled with artwork from a renowned Byzantine iconographer. Former professor and iconographer, George Kordis, traveled from Athens, Greece with his team of four artists to spend the month of October painting the inside of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church. The…

A man who was always close to God became a priest after nine years working in a bank. He has now found a new creative path with an upcoming exhibition, finding peace in both the Church and art. THEO PANAYIDES meets him The second-most unusual thing about Father Ioannis Kyprianou is perhaps that he’s a…