Elder Arsenie (Boca), perhaps Romania’s most beloved elder of the 20th century, will be considered for canonization by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Meeting under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurențiu of Sibiu and Transylvania at the headquarters of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara yesterday, the Metropolitan Council of the…

On Thursday morning, August 23/ September 5, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the Apodosis of the Feast of the Dormition, namely the completion of nine days after the actual Feast (August 15/28) and at the same time the return of the icon of the Dormition from Theotokos’ Tomb to the Metochion-chapel of Gethsemane, opposite the Church…

Archaeologists believe they might have discovered the true location of the town of Emmaus, where Jesus was said to have first appeared before two of his disciples after His resurrection. As reported by Haaretz, scholars on a Franco-Israeli expedition in Kiriath Yearim that began in 2017 have found a massive, ancient wall of a Hellenistic-era fortress…

Several churches, aid groups and private individuals across the U.S. are now coming together to help the Bahamas recover from the devastation of Hurricane Dorian that Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest said will require “hundreds of millions, if not billions” to rebuild. “We have had catastrophic damage to both the public and private infrastructure that…

The religious restrictions imposed by the government of China are some of the harshest on earth. However, they don’t only affect adult believers — many of the most restrictive policies aim to stifle the faith of young followers of Jesus. “One of the rules that have always been in their law is that you cannot…

A court in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, convicted four people on September 4 for planning terrorist attacks on international peacekeepers, Orthodox churches, and night clubs as well as abroad in France and Belgium. They were handed prison terms ranging from one to 10 years. Two others were ordered to serve shorter terms for failing to inform…

With the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, Archimandrite Nikodemos Anagnostopoulos successfully organised the first meeting with the representatives of the Greek Orthodox Community of Belfast in Northern Ireland, which is under reconstruction.   Source: thyateira.org.uk

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis has issued the following update concerning youth safety policies:   September 6, 2019 To All Clergy and Parish Council Presidents of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta: My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, I greet you with a spirit of love and great joy, as we welcome this Ecclesiastical…

The leader of Cyprus’ Orthodox Christian Church says he will ask the Russian Patriarch to stop a Russian priest conducting services in the breakaway, Turkish Cypriot north of the divided island nation. Archbishop Chrysostomos II says the Cypriot church doesn’t wish its Russian counterpart to meddle in its domestic affairs or create its own parishes…