A tour agency, insolently called “Panaghia”, Greek for the Virgin Mary, or Theotokos, the Mother of Christ, is promoting what it calls “cooperation’ with a self-styled “Russian Orthodox Church of Northern Cyprus” to attract Russian tourists and Orthodox believers from Slavic countries for pilgrimages to the Turkish-occupied parts of Cyprus. The report is posted on…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Eminence Ieronymos, will reportedly arrive at the education and religious affairs ministry on Friday for a high-profile meeting with Minister Niki Kerameos, according to information learned by the Orthodoxia news agency. Although the meeting is viewed as reciprocation for Kerameos’ visit to the Athens Archdiocese, soon after her…

On the feast day of the Holy Archdeacon and First Archdeacon Stefan in the Neupare Monastery His Grace Bishop David of Krusevac celebrated the Holy Liturgy with the concelebration of many priests, hieromonks and deacons from dioceses of Krusevac, Belgrade-Karlovac and Nis, and in a prayerful presence of monks from the Dechani Monastery. Before the…

The Museum of the Russian icon was the initiative of the businessman and art patron Mikhail Abramov. It is the only Russian private collection of Byzantine and old Russian art that has been officially converted into a public museum which is recognized by the ICOM (International Council of Museums) and the Russian Union of Museums….

Photo Gallery The Solovki archipelago has often been called the “Northern Thebaid” or the “Northern Athos”. It is a group of islands located at the entrance of Onega Bay, in the southwestern part of the White Sea—the only inland sea of the Arctic Ocean. The White Sea itself is fascinating for its unique history and…

In Memoriam: Schema-Abbess Magdalena (Dosmanova)   It was at midnight. When in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk (formerly Ekaterinburg) all the streets had become deserted, the sound of voices died away, and light in the windows of houses went out, in a house at Tretya Zagorodnaya Street Mother Magdalena and her eighteen disciples gathered in…

Fr. Marius Gabriel Bărăscu died in a tragic car accident on August 7, the day before his 35th birthday. He leaves behind his wife Preoteasă Petronela, and four children: Anastasia, 9, Irina, 7, Sofiana, 4, and Nicolae, 18 months. As OrthoChristian has reported, the Archdiocese of Bucharest announced that it was providing $1,184 (5,000 lei)…

The newly enthroned Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios addressed a large crowd on Tuesday in Sydney at a “Stand For Life” rally in opposition to a proposed bill decriminalizing abortion, draft legislation currently before the New South Wales parliament. Organized in part by several Christian lobby groups, Archbishop Makarios joined a number of ecclesiastical…

The excellent level of Greek-American relations was ascertained in a meeting on Tuesday in Athens between Deputy FM Antonis Diamantaris, who holds the expatriate Greeks portfolio, as US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt. Discussions also touched on the role of newly enthroned Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros. In a later Tweet on his personal…