The 40-year anniversary since the foundation of a Serbian Orthodox parish in the Swedish metropolis of Goteborg, as well as the tenth anniversary of the opening of a new Cathedral, was celebrated with due pageantry and splendor In honor of the commemoration, a relic of St. Seraphim of Sarov was conveyed to Goteborg, the first…

The Cincture (zone, Greek for sash or girdle) of the Theotokos will be successively venerated in the Greek cities of Drama, Porto Lagos and Corinth over the coming period, as the Holy Relic of the Blessed Virgin Mary will temporarily be conveyed from the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi,  accompanied by Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the…

The Feast of the Ascension of the Lord was celebrated one day after the feast of the Apodosis of Pascha, on Thursday May 24/ June 6, 2019. On this feast the Church celebrates the fact that the Lord was ascended in heaven in glory, while His disciples were watching Him, and sat at the right…

The Sümela Monastery has seen an influx of tourists during the Eid al-Fitr festival following a four-year-long comprehensive restoration and rock improvement project. On the first day of the festival on June 4, a total of 1,990 tourists visited the picturesque monastery located in the Black Sea province of Trabzon. On the second day on…

on the feast of the Ascension, the faithful of the Rivne Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church were blessed with the visit and support of a prominent clergyman from the Cypriot Orthodox Church. Archimandrite Nektarios (Babopoulous), the Secretary of the Cypriot Tamassos Diocese, visited 8 parishes that have suffered from the violent raids of Ukrainian…

Within the span of a week, the Russian Orthodox Church opened three new shelters for mothers in difficult situations and a children’s hospice in various locations throughout Russia. The Hope shelter for women in crisis pregnancies opened in Kyrgyzstan on Monday at the Holy Resurrection Cathedral as a joint project of three countries: Kyrgyzstan, Russia,…

The House Transport Committee on Friday urged a company building a petrol station near a cave housing the church of Panayia Chrysospiliottisa in Kato Deftera not to resume construction until parliament had been fully briefed. Committee chairman Yiorgos Prokopiou said it would be best if the petrol station was built on another plot nearby. A…

BALTIMORE, MD – International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) announced on June 4 a fundraising push for ongoing work in Ethiopia, aiming to raise $135,000 to continue combatting the tropical disease podoconiosis and to expand health services in underserved, isolated areas of the country. Since 2010, IOCC has worked to alleviate podoconiosis in Ethiopia. Parallel strategies…

For the first time, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe is organizing a summer camp for children in France! This camp is for children from 8 to 15 years old. It will be held from August 12-19, 2019 in an exceptionally beautiful place located in the mountains of Vercors (La Servagère). The…