In a new Ancient Faith Ministries documentary titled “The Equal of Martyrdom,” Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick goes on pilgrimage to encounter Fr. Nicola Yanney, an early 20th century Orthodox missionary in America. Father Nicola was the first priest ordained by St. Raphael of Brooklyn, whose missionary territory included most of the Great Plains. Through interviews, research, and prayer in Kearney, Nebraska, Fr. Andrew explores…

The head of the OCU is convinced that the state of Universal Orthodoxy “basically depends on recognition of the OCU’s autocephaly”. Anyone who does not recognize the autocephaly of the OCU questions the whole mechanism by which other Churches received autocephaly. About this in an interview with Ukrinform said the head of the new religious…

On Saturday, June 2/15, 2019, the Saturday of Souls, the Patriarchate held the commemoration of those who have slept in the Lord, the Hagiotaphite Fathers of all past centuries, of the memorable Patriarchs, Archbishops, Hieromonks, Hierodeacons and Monks. For the repose of the souls of all the above, Vespers was held in the evening where…

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, famed for operas, films and television, has died in Rome at the age of 96. Zeffirelli’s son Luciano said his father died at home at noon on Saturday. “He had suffered for a while, but he left in a peaceful way,” he said. Zeffirelli delighted audiences around the world with his…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will be enthroned as the seventh Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. ET, at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Manhattan (337 East 74th Street, NYC). Archbishop Elpidophoros was elected unanimously by the Holy and Sacred Synod…

At the meeting, Epiphaniy assured the nationalists that the autocephalous OCU is no worse than other Churches and is not subject to foreign centers. On June 13, 2019, “Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine” Epiphany met with the leaders of the Ukrainian national-patriotic forces, with whom he discussed issues of state-church relations and the situation…

The UOC-KP ceased to exist as a separate religious association by merging and joining the newly-created local Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has reacted to Honorable Patriarch Filaret’s call for an urgent local council, saying any events held by the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) are…

The leading Serbian Orthodox bishop in Montenegro has summoned a Church council on Saturday in Podgorica to protest against the government’s interference in the Church’ and new law on Church property. Saturday’s Church council comes after the Montenegrin government adopted a draft law which included a register of all religious objects and sites that were…

The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos on May 31/ June 13, 2019, considered various matters of the Patriarchate and decided the following; Appointed Archimandrite Parthenios Hegoumen of the Shrine of Tiberias. Appointed Archimandrite Artemios Hegoumen in Haifa of North Israel for…