The Serbian Orthodox Church and the Diocese of Raška-Prizren, based in Gračanica, this week warned of a looming humanitarian crisis involving the remaining Serbian population in north Kosovo and Metohija, while also calling for immediate relief. According to an announcement, the situation for the remaining Christians in the province is worse than even during the…

Two factors have defined Greek life for at least the past century: religion and emigration. Now, a new startup, Do My Tama, is helping ex-pats stay connected to their faith and families by offering to perform religious devotions, virtual pilgrimages and other religious services. Unlike many Western European countries, where the percentage of the pious…

The World Heritage Committee, meeting in Baku since 30 June, today decided to remove the Birthplace of Jesus: the Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem (Palestine) from the List of World Heritage in Danger. The Committee said its decision was due to the high quality of work carried out on the Nativity…

“We are hurt by what is going on in Ukraine, we pray for the unity of Orthodoxy but for the right unity, the unity in the canonical Church. We wish that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church could continue her salvific journey without political obstacles”, said Metropolitan Timotheos of Vostrol (Patriarchate of Jerusalem) after the Divine Liturgy…

Metropolitan Iosif ow Western and Southern Europe on Tuesday said that ‘Saint Stephen transfigured this world through prayer, faith, humility, love of his family and nation, which became his family’. ‘In everything he did, he searched for Christ the Lord,’ the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe said during the patronal feast of…

On June 27-29, 2019, the Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev) Memorial Library at the headquarters of the Western American Diocese hosted a regular session of the Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, which coincided with the 25th-anniversary celebrations of the canonization of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco the Miracle-worker. The…

On June 28-29, 2019, the Cathedral of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow” in San Francisco hosted the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the canonization of St John (Maximovich) of Shanghai and San Francisco the Miracle-worker. Heading the festivities was His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, First…

On 29th and 30th June 2019, the Gorny Convent in Ein Karem held celebrations marking the patronal feast of its main cathedral – the Cathedral of All Saints Who Shone Forth in the Russian Land. Officiating at the festal All-Night Vigil in the cathedral was Archbishop Kliment of Nezhin and Priluki, who is on a…

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