President of the Greek Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos attended a liturgy at the Church of Panagia Soumela on Mt. Vermion, northern Greece, on the occasion of Thursday’s Dormition of the Virgin Mary, and a memorial service which marked the centennial of the genocide of 353,000 Pontian Greeks. In statements at the church in Kastania, Imathia prefecture,…

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with a delegation from the National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC), including The Rt. Rev. W. Darin Moore (Chair), Jim Winkler (General Secretary and President), and Dr. Tony Kireopoulos (Associate Secretary General). After exchanging gifts, the structure and needs of both sides were discussed….

Archbishop Elpidophoros received on Wed, August 14, 2019 Metropolitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) for their first official visit. The two hierarchs discussed the developing relationship between the Archdiocese and the OCA in recent years, committing to deepening cooperation. They continued with the topic of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of…

The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church has ceased to exist, Vekhovnaya Rada’s official gazette announced yesterday, August 14. “On July 29, 2019, an entry was made in the national register of legal entities, self-employed individuals and public organizations about the end of the existence of ‘The Patriarchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church’ by way of…

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The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beautitude Ieronymos, will celebrate the Great Feast Day of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Ever Virgin Mary, on the Saronic Gulf island of Hydra. The Primate of the Church of Greece will preside at the Great Vespers on Wednesday afternoon at the Cathedral of the Dormition…

The Orthodoxia News Agency this week will host several features on how the Church and the faithful celebrate the Great Feast Day of the Dormition of the Panaghia, the Ever Virgin Mary, on various Aegean islands. The Great Feast Day will be celebrated by Orthodoxy on Thursday, Aug. 15. A feature on the Cyclades island…

Media reports and Christian NGOs this month reported that Iran’s Intelligence Minister, Mahmoud Alavi, has admitted that new converts to Christianity are rising in the country, despite official and growing persecution. Iran’s own government agents admitted recently that “mass conversions” are taking place despite the theocratic regime’s best efforts to prevent them. Conversion from Islam…

In Romania, hundreds of Orthodox teens and youth are expected to participate in Friday’s “Procession of Light” through the streets of Brasov, part of events organized by the Patriarchate of Bucharest as part of the initiative “Romanian Village” – which aims to promote traditional and Christian values to young people.