Antique icons were presented to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after a visit to the Konevets Monastery of the Holy Nativity of the Mother of God. The two presidents visited Valaam on Wednesday. Subsequently, on their way to St. Petersburg, they made a stopover on Konevets Island in the western part…

The Moscow Patriarchate has expressed its hope that this year’s traditional religious procession organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in honor of the Christianization of Kievan Rus will not be impeded by authorities, as was the case last year. “We all remember with what difficulties the religious procession in Ukraine was held last year, what…

The mosaic crucifix showing Christ flanked by Virgin Mary and Saint John the Theologian is ready to be applied above the iconostasis of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. The five-metre mosaic cross was initially painted by the team of artists coordinated by iconographer Daniel Codrescu. The cross that will tower over the Cathedral’s 18-metre unique…

Six months after the Orthodox Church in Ukraine was granted autocephaly, Moscow Patriarchate’s cold war against the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople continues. In a statement, an official with pro-Moscow Ukrainian Orthodox Church states that the Phanar (Ecumenical Patriarchate) “has requested or demanded all sorts of favours, economic or political, from political and Church leaders”. In…

The Archdiocese Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism announces its next National Conference on Missions & Evangelism to be held Feb. 3-5, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral. This event is made possible by a grant from Leadership 100. The theme of the conference is Leading Change Toward a Healthier Parish and features…

In an interview with the “Ukraina” TV channel, His Beatitude Onuphry said what steps the canonical Church is taking to bring peace to our state. The Lord granted peace to people after His Resurrection, and we must protect it, the Primate of the UOC, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine said on…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios’ first pastoral visit to Saint George Monastery Yellow Rock NSW. There he was welcomed by the Abbot of the Monastery Archimandrite Father Kyriacos, and pilgrims from Sydney. – Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia

His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria held an inter-Orthodox meeting on countering heresies and sects on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at the Holy Metropolis of Sofia. Gathering a number of hierarchs, clergy, and experts, the meeting aimed to find a solution to the ongoing Ukrainian ecclesiastical issue, reports the press service of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church….

On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, Archbishop Elpidophoros spoke at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom for the session on “Atrocity Prevention Protecting Vulnerable Religious Minorities in Conflict and Crisis Settings”. He spoke with other panelists Naomi Kikoler, Austin Shangraw, and Ben Rogers.     goarch.org