The Deputy Mayor of the city of Yekaterinburg, Alexander Kolesnikov, this week issued a warning over what he called a growing risk of Islamization of the country, speaking after the suspension of construction works for a new Cathedral in the Urals city. Kolesnikov said mosques are gradually being constructed in Russia in order to replace…

The new Archbishop-elect of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, arrived in Sydney today, ahead of his enthronement ceremony at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in the suburb of Redfern. Upon his arrival in Sydney, Makarios said….»I am coming from Crete, the homeland of my predecessor Archbishop, but I feel I am coming home,…

Τhe outgoing leadership of Greece’s education ministry abruptly announced a decision this week whereby high school diplomas will do longer feature religious affiliation, overturning a decades-long practice in the predominately Orthodox Christian nation of 11 million. The listing of religious affiliation can only be featured on the certificates if a pupil’s parents submit a notarized…

Elsewhere, the new Archbishop-elect of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, arrived in Sydney today, ahead of his enthronement ceremony at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in the suburb of Redfern.       y Upon his arrival in Sydney, Makarios said….»I am coming from Crete, the homeland of my predecessor Archbishop, but I…

Thousands of Orthodox faithful flocked to the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of the Resurrection in Podgorica, the capital city of Montenegro, on Saturday to show their support for the rights of the canonical Serbian Church and to pray to God to help protect the Church there. The parishioners gathered at the call of His Eminence Metropolitan…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Monday underlined, in a brief address, that the «Patriarchate’s unwavering position is to contribute towards the rapprochement and mutual cooperation between individuals and peoples, especially of neighboring peoples.» The Primate of the of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople delivered a timely and symbolic address that expressed…

NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will be enthroned as the seventh Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m., at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan (337 East 74th Street, NYC). Archbishop Elpidophoros was elected unanimously by the Holy and…

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The Cincture of the Theotokos, known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash, in Greek, will be successively venerated in the Greek cities of Drama, Porto Lagos and Corinth over the coming period — as the Holy Relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary will temporarily be conveyed from the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, accompanied…