On 23 August 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates his patron saint: Hieromartyr Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons. Patriarch Irinej was born on 28 August 1930 in Vidova near Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His Beatitude is the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, since 22…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Eminence Ieronymos, on Friday made a reciprocal visit to the education and religious affairs ministry, where he was greeted by Minister NikArchbishop of Athens and All Greece arrives at education & religious affairs ministry Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Eminence Ieronymos, on Friday made a reciprocal…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Eminence Ieronymos, on Friday continued his meetings with Cabinet members of the new Mitsotakis government, this time meeting with Finance Minister Christos Staikouras. According to the first report, the meeting covered issues of mutual interest.

NEW YORK – FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism (FAITH), in partnership with The Fletcher School at Tufts University, is pleased to announce a new leadership training program, the “Executive Education Program in Strategic Leadership and Transformative Action” (SLTA) for members of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese at The Fletcher School at Tufts University. The…

Dearly Beloved, This year marks the 130th anniversary of the construction of the St. George Cathedral in Stockholm and the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia. When I assumed the shepherding of this historic eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in June 2014, I pledged that, together with…

The In Trust Center for Theological Schools has awarded St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) a $10,000 matching grant for the Seminary’s Institute of Sacred Arts (ISA). The Seminary received the grant August 19, 2019. The funds for the In Trust Center Resource Grant are supported by the Lilly Endowment, one of the world’s largest…

While there are problems with its public image, the Orthodox Church is nevertheless the most trusted institution in Bulgaria, according to a new Gallup International poll dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the democratic change in Bulgaria, when Communist party leader Todor Zhivkov stepped down after more than 30 years. Compared to other institutions in…

Situated about 17 miles north of Damascus, the small city of Saidnaya remains one of Syria’s largest centers of Christian pilgrimage. It is home to the Cherubim Monastery and the Monastery of the Nativity of the Mother of God, both belonging to the Antiochian Orthodox Patriarchate under His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch and…

If you are truly interested in the welfare of your children, why do you not watch as strictly, but once a week, how they attend to their lessons in the study of the Law of God, as you do in some home-work, which the children seemed to be forced to have prepared within the next…