The leading Serbian Orthodox bishop in Montenegro has summoned a Church council on Saturday in Podgorica to protest against the government’s interference in the Church’ and new law on Church property. Saturday’s Church council comes after the Montenegrin government adopted a draft law which included a register of all religious objects and sites that were…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos on May 31/ June 13, 2019, considered various matters of the Patriarchate and decided the following; Appointed Archimandrite Parthenios Hegoumen of the Shrine of Tiberias. Appointed Archimandrite Artemios Hegoumen in Haifa of North Israel for…

On June 13, 2019, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced the creation of a new advisory board consisting of young adults from across the Metropolis to serve the Church, advance the Metropolis’ goals and advise His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael. Originally conceived by His Eminence, the Board’s primary charge is to recommend, develop and implement…

On May 30, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church resolved to open two men’s monasteries in the Vologda Diocese: the St. Nilus of Sora Hermitage and the Vladimir-Zaonikievsk Theotokos Hermitage near Vologda. On June 9, the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatius of Vologda and…

The rite of consecration of the UOC church in the city of Zolotonosha was headed by Metropolitan Sofrony (Dmitruk) of Cherkassy and Kanev. On June 13, 2019, on the eve of the Day of the Holy Trinity, Metropolitan Sofrony of Cherkassy and Kanev, head of Cherkassy Eparchy of the UOC, consecrated a church in honor…

The Serbian Orthodox community was devastated in 2016 as their West 25th Street cathedral went up in flames on Pascha morning, leaving only a charred shell of the building that had been originally acquired from the Anglican Chrurch by St. Nicholai Velimirovic. The restored structure is intended to honor this history, combining the church’s original…

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Ambassadors from 19 countries, together with the Mayor of Plovdiv, Ivan Totev, spoke about the mosaics of the Episcopal Basilica of Plovdiv (Philippopolis), which has been restored in the framework of the excavation, restoration and presentation of the Roman mosaics, supported by the “America for Bulgaria” Foundation. The head of the “America for Bulgaria” Foundation,…

A splendid and centuries-old ceremony transferring the rotating Holy Administration of Mt. Athos, from the Hiliandar Monastery to the Monastery of Dionysius, took place on Friday. The newly appointed administration by the Monastery of Dionysius will be accompanied by representatives from another three Monasteries on the semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community.