Reactions against a draft bill tabled by the Montenegro government continued unabated this week, as the Serbian Orthodox Church charged that the legislation aims to facilitate the confiscation of Church properties in the small western Balkans country. The Serbian government has also loudly criticized the plan, with Serbian minister Nenand Popovic on Wednesday referring…

An inter-faith memorial event was held in Weimar, Germany this week on the occasion of last month’s centennial anniversary of the Pontian Genocide in Asia Minor. Wreaths were also laid at the former Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald. The event also commemorated the Armenian and Assyrian Christian genocides by Ottoman forces and irregulars throughout WWI….

  The northern Greece city of Drama today welcomes the Cincture of the Theotokos, known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash in Greek, which will be venerated at the St. Nicholas Cathedral after arriving in the city’s Eleftheria Square. The Cathedral will host the Holy Relic until Sunday, June 23, with the Church’s doors…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday again touched on the high-profile issue of Church-state relations in the predominately Orthodox Christian nation of 11 million, especially in light of the outgoing government’s recent attempts to implement a so-called “religious neutrality” by the state in the country. Ieronymos broke his silence…

  Scores of Orthodox faithful, Church hierarchs, lay people and dignitaries of the Greek American community greeted new Archbishop-elect of America Elpidoforos on Wednesday, upon his arrival at the JFK airport in New York City. Several dozen children, dressed in traditional Greek attire, were also on hand to welcome the new Primate of the Greek…

The Georgian Patriarchate issued another statement concerning the current LGBT events in Tbilisi today, calling for Christians to show restraint and discernment in how they speak about the hot-button issue. The short statement reads in full: Recent events, connected with the so-called LGBT Pride, have tremendously aggravated the situation in the country. The Patriarchate of…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday again touched on the sensitive issue of Church-state relations in the predominately Orthodox Christian nation of 11 million, especially in light of the outgoing government recent attempts to promote a so-called “religious neutrality” in the country. The Primate of the Church of Greece…

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  The Cincture of the Theotokos, known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash, in Greek, will be successively venerated in the northern Greek city of Drama, at the St. Nicholas ecclesiastical estate of Porto Lagos, and in the southern city Corinth over the coming period — as the Holy Relic of the Blessed Virgin…