On 26 May 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with the Mayor of Strasbourg, Mr. Roland Ries. Earlier that day the Primate of the Russian Church consecrated the Orthodox Church of All Saints in Strasbourg. Representing the Russian Orthodox Church at the meeting were also Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman…

The Orthodox nuns at the Novo-Tikhvinsky convent, outside the Russian city Ekaterinburg, are known as practitioners and caretakers of a difficult but spectacular art form, as they continue to produce some of the world’s finest hand-made priestly vestments and sticharia. The nuns use Byzantine and ancient Russian patterns, some dating back to the 7th century…

The Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, Clément Mouamba, was presented with an icon of St. Demetrius this week by the Orthodox Metropolitan of Brazzaville and Gabon, His Eminence Panteleimon, during a meeting at the prime ministerial seat in the country’s capital. Panteleimon expressed his Archdiocese’s warm appreciation towards Mouamba and to Republic…

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, concluded his visit last week to the Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania with a tour of the Kidamali mission center, before returning by plane to Dar es Salaam last Tuesday. The Patriarch of Alexandria was later received in the Tanzanian metropolis by…

Stories continue to emerge of non-Christians, who fled Middle East and central Asian war-zones over the past years to seek refuge in EU member-state Greece, and who subsequently found Christ and converted to Christianity. One man from Afghanistan, Ahmet, recounts how as a radical Muslim and Taliban insurgent he decided to abandon violence and his…

The UN special commission has examined the facts of intolerance and discrimination on religious ground against UOC believers. From May 20 to 24, 2019, the 28th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ) was held in Vienna. Among other issues, it examined the information submitted by the NGO “Public Advocacy” on…

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has arrived in Strasbourg where he will consecrate the Church of All Saints and meet with the leadership of the Council of Europe. Priest Alexander Volkov, the spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church leader, told Sputnik that the Church of All Saints in Strasbourg would be consecrated on…

Conservation works began on Tuesday at the Saints Andronikos and Athanasia church in the occupied village of Kythrea. Greek Cypriot co-chairman of the bicommunal Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage, Takis Hadjidemetriou, told CNA that the works will cost 270,000 euros and that they will be concluded within 2019. He noted that the church is ready…

This government does not protect the interests of the country, does not perform its primary duty to protect our territorial integrity, – Archimandrite Kirion told journalists in Davit Gareji when speaking about the construction of a road by the Azerbaijani side. According to the Archimandrite, the Azeri side has almost completed the procedure of the…