After journalists’ questions about offensive statements against the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which were allegedly made recently by a member of the autonomous presence of the Patriarchate of Moscow in Ukraine, the Director of the Press and Communication Office of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Nikos Papachristou, said: Allegations or information from anyone claiming that the Ecumenical Patriarchate, in…

On the feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church dedicated to these saints in Topcider. The Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor Petar Sailovic and Djordje Trajkovic, protopresbyter Branislav Jelic, presbyters Arsenije Arsenijevic and Vukasin Milicevic, as well as deacons Aleksandar Sekulic…

With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and Moldova, the Divine Liturgy on the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost was celebrated in the Central Cathedral in Chisinau by the Metropolitan Vicar Bishop Ioan of Soroca. His Grace Ioan was assisted at the service by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Metropolitan Secretary and Dean of the…

A newly recently documentary, “Building Hope,” features teens from St. Ignatius Antiochian Orthodox Church in Franklin, Tennessee participating in a homebuilding project sponsored by Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage.  Directed by Adam Lowell Roberts, this documentary follows five teenagers as they build a house in Mexico for a homeless family. The movie was produced by the…

The Greek Orthodox Church will next week petition against a final ruling of Israel’s Supreme Court which approved the sale of church property in East Jerusalem’s Old City to pro-settlement group Ateret Cohanim. Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that the petition will argue that the sale of the property was based on bribery and the…

There has been a “dramatic decline” in Britain’s Christian identity over the last 35 years – with a “substantial increase” in atheism, a state-of-the-nation survey has suggested. Slightly over one-third (38%) of the 3,879 people polled for the British Social Attitudes report described themselves as Christian, down from one-half (50%) in 2008, and nearly two-thirds…

This is the second petition to ban religious processions in the city, which the Lvov City Council did not support. Deputies of the Lvov City Council did not support the demand of citizens to prohibit religious processions in the city center, suggesting instead to regulate the events involving the closure of the Lvov central streets,…

On May 27, in the city of Lahor, Pakistan, a suicide bombing has been committed that killed more than 70 people and injured more than 300. It was directed against Christians in the country. Responsible for it was the Taliban faction „Jamaat-ul-Ahhra,“ which has declared ties to the Islamic State. „We wanted to send a…

The Georgian Patriarchate said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent explanation of how Georgia “engulfed” the currently Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions “has caused a negative reaction among our people.” The Georgian Orthodox Church believes this should become “a challenge” to the Georgian government, scientists and every citizen to spread the word about the…