The new Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia, Mr Makarios says that he wants first to settle in the country, form a personal view of how the Archdiocese functions and then submit his views to the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the notion for breaking it up to Metropolises. In an interview with the Athenian…

On 1st June 2019, a conference on ‘Russia – Ukraine – Belarus: A Common Civilizational Space?’ took place at the assembly hall of the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Rev. Guido Vergauwen, Rector Emeritus of the University of Fribourg, opened the conference, emphasizing an importance and relevance of its topic today. A presentation by Rev. Dr….

On May 30, 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church began its session at the historic building of the Sacred Governing Synod in St. Petersburg. The session is chaired by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Opening the session, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church made introductory remarks: “I…

In the Line of Christ and Bearing Witness to God’s Work in Us The event of the healing of the man blind from birth introduces you into the core of God’s work in the world. Here the Lord introduces you into the core of this work when He unveiled to His disciples the state of…

Philaret Denisenko’s “Kiev Patriarchate” (KP) does not and has never existed, Patriarch Bartholomew told a group of Ukrainian journalists in Istanbul last week. “As for Philaret, he was restored to his episcopal dignity as former Metropolitan of Kiev. The so-called ‘Patriarchate of Kiev’ does not exist and never existed,” the Patriarch told the National Union…

The Larnaca district court on Monday morning remanded two people for three days in connection with the theft of a cross from a church in Mosfiloti. Police said they were notified of the theft of a wooden cross decorated with gold ornaments worth €7,000 from the Ayia Thekla monastery in Mosfiloti on March 31. A…

President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received Patriarch Irinej of Serbia and the accompanying delegation in the presence of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East John X Yazigi. President al-Assad stressed that what Syria and Serbia have been exposed to in terms of foreign interference attempts to undermine their sovereignty and undermine their social…

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia voiced confidence over Syria’s victory, “which represents the victory of right”, hoping that peace would prevail Syria and the world and the Syrian people would hold on to their land and preserve the heritage of their ancestors. Speaking to SANA, Patriarch Irinej said that the Serbian people are able to realize…

On June 2, 2019, the 6th Sunday after Pascha, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Elevation of the Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, the cathedral church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia diocese of Western Europe. His…