A new church in honor of one of the 20th century’s great Holy Hierarchs is set to be built in the Sofia, according to a report prepared by Mayor Dimitar Dimov, reports stolica.bg. St. Seraphim (Sobolev) labored in the Bulgarian capital for the last 29 years of his life and is known throughout Bulgaria, and…

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has expressed hope that the new decree on commercial raiding signed by President Vladimir Zelensky will help stop church raids by non-canonical religious organizations. “Very good. Perhaps this will also stop the church raids which have caused so much suffering to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, whose church buildings are being taken…

Representatives of the Athonite brotherhood, representing monasteries on the semi-autonomous and self-governing monastic community of Mt. Athos, met on Wednesday with new Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis in Athens. In referring to the commencement of a “constant dialogue” with the rotating Holy Community, as the council of representatives from the 20 monasteries is called,…

The Orthodoxia New Agency’s webpages today hosts a unique feature on the Holy Monastery of Panaghia Faneromeni, on the Ionian island of Lefkada, which hosts a copy of the miracle-working icon of the Lady of Faneromeni, which is venerated on Mt. Athos.    Another impressive feature today on our web-pages focuses on several well-known…

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Visiting US Acting Assistant Secretary of European and Eurasian Affairs, Philip Reeker, was received in Thessaloniki on Wednesday by the northern Greece Metropolitan, His Eminence Anthimos. On his part, US Consul General in Thessaloniki, Gregory Pfleger, in a Tweet, noted that it was “…an honor to introduce Acting Assistant Secretary Reeker to Metropolitan Anthimos. We…

Scores of Greek-Australians continue to arrive at the Archdiocese office of new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on daily basis, in order to meet with the primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on the island continent. Greek Orthodox faithful often travel hundreds of kilometers to meet and congratulate His Eminence Makarios, as well as…

Greece’s new education and religious ministry leadership is quickly proceeding with initiatives in the education sector, while at the same time ending a dialogue, commenced and promoted by the previous government, to abolish the daily morning prayer at public schools around Greece, as well as the traditional blessing held at the beginning of the academic…

The life and works of neomartyr St. Nectarios of Aegina, the Metropolitan of Pentapolis, will reportedly be seen on the “Big Screen” in the coming period, as a Hollywood production is headed into production. The working title of the film, “Man of God”, will be directed by US-based director Jelena Popovic, who was inspired by…