The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, Europa Nostra, this week again sounded warning bells over the fate of the closed and dilapidated ethnic Greek orphanage on the Princes Island of Prinkipo, known as Büyükada in Turkish. The historic building, billed as the largest wooden structure in Europe, was seized…

The majestic Sümela Monastery in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Trabzon aims to welcome a total of 500,000 local and foreign tourists this year, an official said. “Although the monastery was closed last year, we had hosted around 290,000 people. Hopefully, we will surpass that,” Ali Ayvazoğlu, the provincial head of the Culture and Tourism…

His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah presided over the mystery of Ordination where Catechist Samuel Bigaruka was ordained to Deaconship at Rubaare Orthodox community, Ntungamo District western Uganda. Deacon Samuel is the father of Rev. Fr. Aristo Asiimwe who is the Parish priest of this developing community which started in 2016. Through the calling from God and…

Bishop Sahak Mashalian, the newly elected Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate in the City (Istanbul), visited on Friday, August 2, 2019, the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar. Bishop Sahak, accompanied by clergy of the Armenian Patriarchate, was received by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with honor and cordiality, and informed him of the…

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New Orthodox parish, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was founded for the dozens of newly baptized Christian Orthodox faithful in Guatemala.

A feature is posted today on the Orthodoxia News Agency on the life and work of the Elder Chrysostomos, the Abbot of the Monastery St. Gerasimos of the Jordan. The Elder Chrysostomos has worked tirelessly to protect the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s possession, and, with the blessing of God, to create an oasis for…

Orthodox missions around the world continue to provide significant humanitarian work, especially in places where children lack even the basic necessities. In fact, the Panaghia Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, holds a special place for Orthodox Christians in sub-Saharan Africa. For the Orthodox faithful among the proud Masai tribe, the Virgin Mary is known as the…

A miracle-working icon of the Theotokos, the Ever Virgin Mary, will be conveyed from the Holy Convent of Adam to 120 Orthodox parishes in the Archdiocese of Lower Danube. The icon will be displayed for veneration at each parish before returning to the convent on the eve of the Feast Day of the Dormition of…