The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, this week visited the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, as part of his ongoing tour of the Holy Land and visit to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem. On Monday, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, welcomed Archbishop Makarios at the Patriarchate, along…

A propaganda video that surfaced this month shows the North Korean regime attempting to stamp out any and all Christian elements in the isolated communist dictatorship. The video reveals how the Pyongyang attempts to slander Christian believers as “religious fanatics” and “spies”, as it claims, intent on undermining the stability of one of the most…

The head of the Russian interior ministry’s main directorate for counter-terrorism  on Tuesday said that several clandestine cells of the ISIS terrorist group had been eliminated in 17 Russian regions so far this year. According to a report by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), which quoted the official, during the first half of the year,…

The Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, arrived in Spain this week for an official visit, with a blessing of His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Hilarion, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations (DECR), also met with the Russian ambassador to Madrid, Yuri Korchagin, with talks revolving…

Archaeologists in Israel may have discovered the Biblical town of Emmaus, which is linked to Jesus’ resurrection and the Ark of the Covenant, Fox News channel reports. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 2,200-year-old fortification at Kiriath-Jearim, a hill on the outskirts of Abu Ghosh, a village near Jerusalem. The fortification dates back to…

On September 17, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), who is on a visit to Spain with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, visited the Russian embassy in Madrid to meet with Russian Federation ambassador to the Kingdom of…

Romania ranks as the sixth-largest country of origin for foreign tourists visiting Israel, said on Tuesday, September 10, the Development Director of the Israeli Ministry of Tourism, Ksenia Kobyakov, at an event dedicated to the tourism in Israel organized in Bucharest. „As far as Romanian tourists are concerned, in two years their number has increased…

On Wednesday and Thursday, eight hierarchs from three Orthodox churches visited St. Vladimir’s Seminary (SVOTS) to get a closer look at the Seminary’s operations, curriculum, and future plans: Metropolitan Tikhon, Archbishops Benjamin, Melchisedek, Michael, and Alexander, and Bishop Paul from the Orthodox Church in America (OCA); Bishop John from the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of…

On September 15, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), spoke at the solemn opening of the Peace Without Borders. Religions and Cultures in Dialogue forum at the Palace of Congresses. The forum was organized by the Catholic Sant’Egidio Community. With a blessing of Patriarch Kirill…