With the official return of the stolen reliquary of St. Mamas, the Cypriot patron saint of the Monastery of Morfou, Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf could make a small contribution to the return of lost art treasures on May 14. Frank and Susanne Hargesheimer, Managing Director of the auction house of the same name, is keen to…

No one has the right to judge what is right and what is wrong in the text of the Tomos, noted Met. Emanuel of France, commenting on Filaret Denisenko’s statements. The text of the Tomos, which laid the foundations of the new autocephalous Church, is not the result of negotiations between the two parties but…

His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej arrived to the church of Saint Great-martyr George in Budapest, in the evening on Friday, May 24, 2019, where he was welcomed by Bishop Lukian of Buda with clergy and a great number of people, who gathered to greet their Archhierarch. His Grace Bishop Dr. Irinej of Bachka and his…

The last decision was not signed only by the patriarch. Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Epifaniy has said Honorable Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret on December 15, 2018 refused to sign the OCU’s charter, which was adopted during the Unification Council. “The Synod…

The Sumela Monastery, a favorite tourist destination in the eastern Black Sea region, is now counting down the days to open its doors to visitors after four years of restoration. Following the ongoing restoration work, the journey of the monastery to UNESCO’s World Heritage List will begin. The first section of the magnificent structure, where…

According to Filaret, some of the provisions of the tomos cannot be accepted. Honorable Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Filaret says that the tomos, a document granting autocephaly (independence) to the new local Orthodox church in Ukraine, was shown only after the church unification council had been held. “We didn’t know what…

Epifaniy says the church must be ruled collectively. Top figures in Ukraine’s new Orthodox Church are meeting in a synod amid an apparent power struggle between Patriarch Filaret, an early vocal supporter of the independent Ukrainian church, and the new church’s elected head, Metropolitan Epifaniy. Patriarch Filaret, 90, has said that he should govern the…

Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of All Georgia met on Thursday, May 23, 2019 with Ambassador of Switzerland to Georgia Patric Franzen. The discussion touched on the solid bilateral relations between Georgia and Switzerland, as well as international developments. — Source: Embassy of Switzerland in Georgia / Facebook

Metropolitan Methodios of Boston, the Archiepiscopal Vicar, announces that the Enthronement Ceremony for His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will take place at the Holy Trinity Archdiocesan Cathedral, 337 East 74th Street, New York, NY, on Saturday June 22, 2019 at 11:00 am. The Ceremony of Enthronement will be followed by an Enthronement Luncheon at…