Hundreds of Orthodox faithful on Wednesday will again join a procession headed towards the Monastery of Hodoş-Bodrog, in western Romania, the day of the Forefeast of the Dormition of the Theotokos. The procession was first commenced in 1925, with the route called the “Path of the Cross”. The historic monastery, built in the late Middle…

In Tbilisi, the Patriarch-Catholicos of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, referred to the major challenges of the modern age, as he said, stressing the need from the lessons of the past and the lessons of our forefathers. He noted that “… We have passed through difficult times, wars, conflicts, but we have retained the…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, has extended his condolences to the families and loved ones of five scientists killed last week during the test of a missile engine on an offshore platform in the White Sea.

The heads of the major Christian Churches in war-torn Syria on Monday issued an urgent plea to the world over the dramatic reduction in the number of Christians in the country, and the wider Middle East – the birthplace of Christianity. A meeting at the Monastery of St. Ephaim the Syrian, in Damascus, was attended…

The ethnic Greek communities in Egypt are actively preparing for the Great Feast Day of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Ever Virgin Mary, celebrated on Thursday, August 15. A major initiative to preserve and renovate historic Greek Orthodox cathedrals and to reinvigorate the Orthodox faith is underway in the ancient land, financed by the…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Eudokia, or Aelia Eudocia Augusta, the daughter of Athenian philosopher Leontius. She was born a pagan named Athenais in 401 AD, in honor of the city’s mythical patron, Athena. Athenais was renowned as a young woman due to her beauty and extensive education. When her father died…

Monastery of St. Aphrem the Syrian –Maarat Saydnaya hosted the Patriarchs’ meetings:  His Holiness Mar Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and His Beatitude Patriarch Joseph Absi Greek…

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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday received youth campers being hosted at an Orthodox Church summer camp on the Marmara Sea islet of Proti. The Patriarch received the children and teens in the throne room of the Patriarchate’s Fanar-district seat. The youth, members of Romania’s ethnic Greek communities, were…