The July issue of the bilingual monthly newspaper of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has just been published. Click on the following link to view and download the edition: 2019 VEMA July

On Thursday, July 18 2019, His Grace Bishop Silvestros Kisitu presided over by the Clergy meeting at St.Lavrentios Cathedral to address different issues in regards to the organisation and proper management of the Diocese Mission work. During which, His Grace formulated the Diocesan Administrative Council where Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Oruk emerged the Vicar for Northern…

The emergence of a temple featuring a very unconventional design is a “little miracle,” architects say, given the conservativism of the Church and the faithful. The church, devoted to the Ignatius of Antioch, will be built in the western part of Moscow, the city’s architecture department said on Friday. The project has been already greenlighted…

The Halki Seminary in Heybeliada, Istanbul, was first established in 1844, and was one of the top institutions for theological education in the Greek Orthodox world. The Greek Orthodox seminary trained future parish leaders until 1971, when the Turkish authorities forcibly shuttered the monastery for almost 50 years. Today, under the leadership of chaplain Father…

Thanks to an annual competition held by the Russian Orthodox Church and the Federal Penitentiary Service (FPS), prisoners have the opportunity to speak about their Orthodox faith and reveal their inner world through iconography and art. Since 2013, the Synodal Department for Prison Ministry and the FPS have organized the “Not by Number but by…

A glorious celebration was held on Thursday at the Monastery of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, as His Eminence Metropolitan Kirill of Ekaterinburg and Verkhoturye led the Divine Liturgy for the feast of St. Elizabeth the Grand Duchess and New Martyr and the Nun Barbara. He was joined by another 5…

The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church supported the Orthodox of Ukraine in their chosen path – to be together with the true Church, with the real Body of Christ. On July 18, 2019, on the day of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus conveyed words of support…

Reports of minor damage were coming in from areas of central Athens on Friday afternoon, following the 5.1 Richter earthquake that shook the Greek capital and continued aftershocks. Pieces of marble have fallen onto the road outside the Aghia Irene Church on Aiolou Street and in front of the Athens City Hall on Kotzia Square….

According to IRI public opinion survey, the credibility rating of the church is 89 percent, and the army is 87 percent. As for other institutions the figures are as follow: Georgian media – 70 percent, police – 52 percent, local authorities – 48 percent, public education – 40 percent, parliament – 37 percent, cabinet of…