Cypriot police have found no criminal offense in His Eminence Metropolitan Neophytos of Morphou’s statements on homosexuality that created quite a stir both at home and internationally last month, thus it is unlikely he will be prosecuted, reports philenews. The case file was thus sent to the Legal Service with a recommendation not to prosecute…

NEW YORK – Cardinal Dolan honored Archbishop Elpidophoros of America by hosting a lunch today, September 4, 2019, to welcome him to New York. After initial introductions and warm greetings, the Cardinal and Archbishop exchanged remarks. The Cardinal expressed his desire for each to be present at major events and holidays of the other, and…

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  The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, this week referred to the very important cooperation between the Church, families and schools, in commenting on the beginning of the academic year in the country. His Beatitude also reminded that the Church’s Holy Synod has declared 2019 as the year of the Romanian Village, in…

  A model playground and sports complex was inaugurated by the Pskov-Caves Monastery, in northwest Russia. Thousands of children and teens visited the faculties over the past few days, with the inauguration attended by His Eminence Hilarion, the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk and chairman of the Russian Patriarchate’s department of external church relations , as well…

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week received the Orthodox Metropolitan of Tripoli-Libya, His Eminence Theofylaktos, at the Patriarchal seat in Alexandria. The Patriarch cited what he called the very significant contribution of the Metropolitan towards the restoration of the Greek Orthodox Cathedrals in Cairo, as well as…

  The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, continued his tour of Greek Orthodox parishes and institutions around the country, as he arrived in Adelaide this week. Makarios met with local office-holders in South Australia and also visited the St. George academy, where he spoke with teachers and pupils of all grades.

Sessions of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod continued on Wednesday for a second straight day, with a new composition of members serving in the Church’s 163rd synodical period, and under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos. The inaugural Holy Synod sessions of the new ecclesiastical year,…

  The Church today venerates the glorious Prophet Moses, the God-seer and supremely wise law-giver, the bearer of the “10 Commandments”.