The Jerusalem Orthodox Church prays at Orthodox shrines of the Holy Land for the Lord to preserve the UOC and Her faithful in Ukraine, Patriarch Theophilos said. On May 17, 2019, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine met with the Primate of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, the UOC Information and…

Since May 13, unauthorized rallies have been going on in Yekaterinburg against plans to rebuild Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in a park instead of its original site. The authorities of Russia’s Sverdlovsk region will publish a list of new possible sites for the construction of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Yekaterinburg, the head of the region Yevgeny…

On Thursday 16 May 2019, one week after his election as Archbishop of Australia by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, presided over his first Divine Liturgy as Archbishop of Australia at the Holy Monastery of Saint George Epanosifi in Heraklion of…

The Verkh-Isetsky District Court in Yekaterinburg and a justice of the peace examined material on Friday against three participants of an unauthorized protest against the construction of St. Catherine’s Church in the city center, court spokeswoman Olga Taff told Interfax. “Four files were received against three people,” Taff said. All three were given five-day custodial…

The Yekaterinburg authorities’ decision to survey local residents on the issue of church construction following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction cannot be regarded as an indication of their inefficiency. “The local authorities conducted dialogue with residents of Yekaterinburg before the president’s statement. It’s just that the president worded it more clearly and in this case…

By the help of God and the prayers and blessing of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, by the moral and financial support of the Patriarchate, the Rum Orthodox distinguished Professor of the Arabic Literature and writer, Mr. Yusef Nasser, who has long been a Care Taker of the Greek-Orthodox Arab-speaking Community of…

The memory of St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves was festively celebrated on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the Lavra he founded in the 11th century with St. Anthony of the Caves. Together, Sts. Anthony and Theodosius are venerated as the founders of Russian Church monasticism, though their ascetic exploits are also revered throughout the…

A unique exhibition of over 200 pictures placed on 90 panels was opened on Friday evening, May 17, at the Cultural Centre of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation in Nicosia in an effort to bring together two European countries – Cyprus and Poland. The exhibition is entitled ‘Colours of Orthodoxy. Cyprus-Poland’ and was organized by…

The Spring Session of the Holy Synod of Bishops, which convened at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America May 7-10, 2019, opened with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at Saint Sergius of Radonezh Chapel, at which His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa, presided.  At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His…