Read the following statement from His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia regarding a new law on abortion to be introduced into the NSW Parliament:     – Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

On 28th July 2019, the Day of the Baptism of Russia, Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov), representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, visited the Russian naval base in the Syrian city of Tartus at the invitation of Colonel General Andrei Serdyukov, commander of the group…

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On 28th July 2019, Russia’s Navy Day and the Day of the Baptism of Russia, at the residence of the Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Istanbul, Rev. Georgy Sergeyev, acting rector of the Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen in the territory of Russia’s Consulate General, who is responsible for taking pastoral care…

On Wednesday – July 24, 2019 – the feast day of Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Great Princess Olha, His Eminence Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop Daniel, accompanied by Rev. Fr. Michael Solomko (president of the Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand of the UOC in Diapora) traveled to Sydney for a meeting with…

  A feature posted today on the Orthodoxia news agency’s webpages shows the missionary and humanitarian work by the Orthodox Church in northern Cameroon. 

  The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, this week received Demetris Syllouris, the president of Cyprus’ House of Representatives, in Sofia. The latter is on an official visit to the country. The Bulgarian Patriarch expressed his satisfaction over the brotherly relations between the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus. In…

  A memorial service was held at the residence of Russia’s general consul in Turkey for Russian sailors who lost their lives in WWI battles in the Bosporus Strait. The memorial service was officiated by Russian Orthodox cleric Georgy Sergeyev, the parish priest at the Church of Ss. Constantine and Helen in the Bosporus metropolis.

  In the day’s news, the new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, continued to tour the island continent this week, fulfilling his promise to visit every corner of the country where a Greek Orthodox community exists. On Saturday, His Eminence will be in the metropolis of Melbourne, touring various parishes, communities and foundations established…