On Monday morning, May 7/20, 2019, the commemoration of the appearance of the sign of the Precious Cross in the Heavens was celebrated with the Divine Liturgy in Golgotha, led by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Joachim of Helenoupolis. Regarding this wondrous event, St. Cyril of Alexandria, Archbishop of Jerusalem has delivered the witness to the…

Patriarch Daniel on Monday, May 20, 2019 told the hierarchs of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja that they should encourage the believers to strengthen their devotion to the Romanian Saints. ‘It is a great joy to have many Saints interceding for us,’ the Patriarch of Romania said opening the working…

The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, used the well-known adage of “blood being thicker than water” to describe his meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos. The meeting took place at the Archdiocese of Athens in the afternoon, shortly after the Patriarch of Constantinople landed in…

The Kremlin’s property management department has allocated 43.3 million USD for the renovation and restoration of a mansion outside the city of St. Petersburg. According to the financial daily “The Bell”, the mansion was once the former residence of Russia’s imperial family. It will be converted for use by the Patriarch of Moscow and All…

Bulgaria Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Tuesday was received in the Black Sea port city of Varna by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Metropolitan of Varna and Great Preslav, His Eminence Yoan. Borisov was accompanied by Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov and the city’s mayor, Ivan Portenh.

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A small Orthodox chapel that serves the faithful passing through the Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport of Athens is also attracting visitors for its unique frescoes. The chapel is located on the first floor of the main terminal building.

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, will visit Belgrade in early June, where he will be received by the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej. The Ukrainian Church issue as well as the dire situation faced by Christians in the Middle East will be on the…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, completed his tour this week of the Orthodox diocese in central Tanzania. The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Africa expressed his thanks to the Bishop of Arusha and central Tanzania, His Grace Agathonicus, and the other Orthodox clerics for their…