The Church today honors the memory of St. Emilian, the Confessor & Bishop of Cyzikos, one of the illustrious Orthodox Bishops called to Constantinople by the Patriarch Nicephoros to defend the veneration of the holy icons against Leo the Armenian. St. Emilian was sent into exile by Leo about the year 815, and gave up…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople has reaffirmed his support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. He said this during a meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul on Thursday, August 8, the press service of the head of state reported. “The Ecumenical Patriarch reaffirmed his support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty…

Authorities in China have continued to crack down on the Christian faith, this time by erasing faith-based words from children’s stories contained within school workbooks. According to persecution watchdog The Barnabus Fund, the Chinese government has sanctioned the removal of the words “God,” Bible,” and “Christ” from popular storybooks such as “Robinson Crusoe” and “The Little…

The Suryoyo Youth Global Gathering (SYGG) of the Syriac Orthodox Church was held from July 31 to August 5, 2019, in Stockholm. It brought together over 250 participants from Lebanon, Sweden, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, USA, Canada and Australia. The forum was presided over by the Primate of the Syriac Orthodox Church,…

A new liturgical book has been published in the Chinese language for the enrichment of the daily prayer and liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in China. The latest text from the China Orthodox Press is a Chinese-language publication of the Sunday Octoechos. “This project is being undertaken to make Divine worship available for Chinese speaking believers…

The missionary efforts of the Blagoveschensk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church among the Evenk people in the Russian Far East have borne considerable fruit lately, as more than 50 people were united to Christ in His Church in two recent mass Baptism celebrations. The Evenks are a Tungusic people of Northern Asia, recognized as…

The clergy and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas express solidarity as we mourn the loss of innocent lives in the tragic events in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. We pray for the repose of the souls of those who have passed to the Lord in this tragic way, for speedy…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced on August 6 the conclusion of an independent audit of its financial statements for the years ending 2015, 2016, and 2017. The audit was requested by His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael shortly after his enthronement in May 2018 to promote greater transparency, accountability, and professionalism in the Metropolis. By…

The Orthodox faithful of Kazakhstan will have the blessing of venerating one of the Church’s most revered icons of the Mother of God for an entire week in October. His Eminence Metropolitan Alexander of Astana and Kazakhstan held a working meeting yesterday in the administrative center of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church…