Since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was formed and granted autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople last year, both it and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate agree that a number of churches have shifted their allegiance from the Moscow-affiliated Church to the Ukrainian one. But they disagree as to how many….

The newly elected President Vladimir Zelensky has held a meeting with the “Honorary Patriarch” Filaret. On April 30, 2019, Zelensky’s team reported on the meeting on Facebook. The report says that Filaret “congratulated the newly elected head of state on his victory in the election and urged him to use the authority given to him…

On Wednesday evening of the Bright Week, April 18/ May 1, 2019, the ceremony of the School leaving certificates of the Patriarchate Schools in Jordan, namely “Patriarch Diodoros” of Madaba, Fuheis and Zarka, took place at the reception hall of the Cultural Centre in Amman. H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos honoured the…

‘The Life-Giving Spring is a celebration of joy,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Bright Friday at Jercalai Monastery, ‘because the Mother of God, who is the living icon of the praying Church, becomes a healing spring for us through the grace bestowed upon her from Christ.’ Value the gift of health ‘We are often…

A priest from Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest was appointed by the Patriarch of Romania to travel to Dubai to officiate all Easter services for the Romanian Orthodox community there. During his mission from April 21 to May 1, 2019, the V. Rev. Protosyncellus Iachint Vardianu officiated the services in Romanian language at the Annunciation…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Renewal Thursday, of the Thursday of Easter, attended Patriarchical Divine Liturgy held for veneration of the Zoodochou Pigis (Life-receiving Spring)  at the Holy Monastery of Prahova. Afterwards, the Patriarch of the Romanian Church presided at a blessing of the waters service outside the main Cathedral.    

The Orthodox Metropolitan of Tallinn and All Estonia, His Eminence Stephanos, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Transformation of Our Savior Holy Cathedral, the oldest church in the Baltic country. His Eminence, the Archbishop, has served for 20 years as the Primate of the Estonian Church.  

The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, in cooperation with the publishing house En Plo, is organizing a presentation of a new edition of St. Justin Popovich of Ćelije’s classic: “Dogmatics of the Orthodox Church: Philosophy of Truth”. The presentation will take place in the northern metropolis of Thessaloniki on May 7 at 19.00 at…

An international photographic competition is being jointly organized by the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania and the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, entitled “Colors of Orthodoxy: Albania”. The competition’s aim is to present the multi-faceted beauty of Orthodoxy in Albania, which is thriving in the post-Cold War era. The Orthodoxia news agency is a sponsor…