This year, the UOC did not set a target to invite Local Churches to celebrate the Baptism of Rus, but representatives of some of them will still come to Kiev. Representatives of the Serbian Church and the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia will arrive at the UOC-held festivities, dedicated to the celebration…

The Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (Y2AM) released a new episode of “Be the Bee” featuring His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. “Why Service(s) Matter” is the 135th episode in the beloved video series that is viewed in homes and communities around the world. In this latest…

Sretensky Seminary, founded by current Metropolitan Tykhon (Shevkunov), contrary to rumors, will not be closed. This is apparent in Patriarch Kirill’s resolution, published on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church. According to the results of the work of the commission for the optimization of the educational process at Moscow Theological Academy and Sretensky Seminary,…

Today was another historic moment for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and the wider Greek-Australian community when His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church, met, for the first time, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon. Scott Morrison MP, at the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Sydney. The Prime Minister welcomed His…

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday afternoon received the Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, at the Maximos Mansion government house in Athens. During their meeting, the primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church requested Mitsotakis’ continued support so that the Church in Albania can resolve problems that it faces in order…

  New icons depicting two Chinese neo-martyrs, Sts. Metrophanes of Beijing and St. Ioann, were placed at the Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas, in the Archdiocese of Blagoveshchensk, by Archbishop Lucian. More than 1,000 Orthodox Christians were arrested and tortured during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, with 222 becoming the first Chinese Christian martyrs.

  A new church in honor of one of the 20th century’s great holy hierarchs is set to be built in the Sofia, Bulgaria, according to a report unveiled by the city’s Mayor, Dimitar Dimov. St. Seraphim Sobolev labored in the Bulgarian capital for the last 29 years of his life and is known throughout…

  Archbishop Ieronymos on Thursday said the newly opened Geriatric Center and Elderly Care Unit in the Dilesi township, due north of Athens, was ready to welcome and treat the former Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, Elder Irenaios, in order to fully restore his health. The unit was inaugurated earlier this year by Archbishop Ieronymos,…