The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, arrived in Athens on Wednesday for a closely watched visit and talks with the Church of Greece’s leadership. The visit by the Ecumenical Patriarch coincides with the convening of a permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece — and comes a day after…
Different representatives of Orthodox media outlets gathered in Cyprus from May 15 to May 19, 2019, to find ways of strengthening the international cooperation between Orthodox media specialists. The meeting was occasioned by the opening of the ‘Colours of Orthodoxy. Cyprus – Poland’ Exhibition organized by the OrthPhoto.net photography website, the Archdiocese of Cyprus, the Cyprus Photographic…
On the Sunday of the Paralytic man, May 6/19, 2019, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Church of St. George the Great Martyr at the Greek-Orthodox Arab-speaking Community of Reine, Nazareth’s suburb. Co-celebrants to His Beatitude were the Most Reverend Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth, the…
On 19 May 2019, 4th Sunday after Pascha, of the Paralytic, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of ‘The Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street, Moscow. Concelebrating with Metropolitan Hilarion were…
Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios is expected in Athens on Wednesday for talks with Greek Archbishop Ieronymos that are widely expected to usher in a new era in relations between the Church of Greece and the Phanar. During the meeting, Ieronymos is expected to express the backing of the Church of Greece for the decision earlier in…
US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt has congratulated the newly-elected leader of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Elpidophoros. “Honored to congratulate newly elected Archbishop of America Elpidophoros on his upcoming mission and to express appreciation for the critical role he will play in deepening US-Greece people to people ties,” Pyatt said in a message…
Builder Frank Sciame to oversee the largest post-fire ecclesiastical restoration in NYC in more than 165 years. The Building Committee of the Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St Sava in NYC announced today, the day following the Feast of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint Sava, that it has begun site work of the complex…
Georgians like the performance of the church according to a new poll by the National Democratic Institute. When it came to the performance of institutions, the Georgian Orthodox Church topped the list with a 61% positive assessment. Only 7% said it had performed badly while 21% evaluated it as average. In addition, 62% of Georgians…
The Institute for Bible Translation (IBT) is continuing its blessed work of translating the Holy Scriptures into the languages of the indigenous peoples of Northern and Far Eastern Russia. Following on the heels of the translation of the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts into the Lak language, released in April, the IBT…