The procession participants are heading for the Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra to participate in celebrations of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. On July 25, 2019, at 13:00, participants in the traditional international cross procession, which is going from Poland through the Republic of Belarus to Pochaev, crossed the Ukrainian border, reports Svetlana…

Not a single girl has been born in a district of Uttarakhand in northern India since April, while 216 newborn boys have been recorded. Authorities suspect that sex-selective terminations have been carried out in as many as 132 villages in the region. Abortion by gender was banned in India 25 years ago, following a growing…

The Enthronement Ceremony of the new Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, Nikitas, took place on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom, Bayswater, London. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France represented His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Many hierarchs, clergymen, dignitaries, and diplomats, together with faithful and many youth and young adults attended…

The Holy Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada would like to inform with much happiness and glory to God, the following new ordinations to the clergy: George Kodogeorgakis 28 years old, a graduate of our Theological Academy, was made a monk and took the name Nikodimos. On April 30, 2019, he was ordained a Deacon at the…

Recently Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has stated that the Church of Greece is the first Local Orthodox Church in the world to recognize “The Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCUP) after the Church of Constantinople, which has created it. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations who recently has…

On July 25, following a long illness, the ROCOR Eastern American Diocese reported that their cleric, Archpriest John Moses of the Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, has reposed in the Lord. Earlier, it was reported that Father Moses was suffering from kidney disease. Father Moses was known for his blog, “The Ramblings of a Redneck Priest”,…

The Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church was met at the airport by Bishop Tikhon of Gostomel. On July 26, 2019, the hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Arseny of Niš (Glavcic), arrived at the festivities on the occasion of the 1031th anniversary of Baptism of Rus in Kiev, reported the Department for External…

Homily of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Archieratical Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Saint Paraskevi Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church Greenlawn, New York July 26, 2019   My Dear Sisters and Brothers, Beloved Children in the Lord! As King David sang in the Psalms (67:36), so do we declare today: Θαυμαστὸς ὁ…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, at its 110th Meeting of July 12/25, 2019, unanimously lifted the degradation of Monk Eirinaios and restored Him to the Episcopal Office, which he formerly held, and to the degree of the Former Patriarch of…