ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s independent privacy authority has ruled it unconstitutional and illegal for school authorities to keep records of pupils’ religious faith. The non-binding decision by the Data Protection Authority made public Wednesday follows complaints by an atheist group and human rights activists. The complaints had targeted the listing of schoolchildren’s faith on…

In the Christian context: by “mystery,” we do not mean merely that which is baffling and mysterious, an enigma or insoluble problem. On the contrary, a mystery is something that is revealed for our understanding, but which we never understand exhaustively because it leads into the depth or the darkness of God. The eyes are…

March 20, 1970 (…) Autocephaly is a theme of great complexity. 1 I won’t attempt to sort out the toxic mix formed by combining canonical considerations with emotional ones. It is difficult to question the “legitimacy” of the Moscow Patriarchate from the canonical point of view because the Patriarchate is recognized by all other autocephalous…

  It was noticed in late August that the “Palestinian Territories” had been removed from department’s list of countries and areas in the Middle East. The current version of the department website only mentions Palestine in the context of the Trump administration’s peace efforts, reports the Times of Israel. While the State Dept. claimed, “the…

  Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral will host the upcoming 2nd International Congress of Choir Directors and Singers of the Russian Orthodox Church, scheduled for October 24 to 26, reports the press service of the Church-Public Council for the Development of Russian Church Singing. The Congress’ main task is to discuss the preservation and development…

Cypriot police have found no criminal offense in His Eminence Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou’s statements on homosexuality that created quite a stir both at home and internationally last month, thus it is unlikely he will be prosecuted, reports philenews. The case file was thus sent to the Legal Service with a recommendation not to prosecute…

NEW YORK – Cardinal Dolan honored Archbishop Elpidophoros of America by hosting a lunch today, September 4, 2019, to welcome him to New York. After initial introductions and warm greetings, the Cardinal and Archbishop exchanged remarks. The Cardinal expressed his desire for each to be present at major events and holidays of the other, and…

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  The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, this week referred to the very important cooperation between the Church, families and schools, in commenting on the beginning of the academic year in the country. His Beatitude also reminded that the Church’s Holy Synod has declared 2019 as the year of the Romanian Village, in…