The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, on Holy Thursday exclaimed : “…. Amid a corrupt world, Orthodoxy can provide the path … with hearts filled with great joy and light — we celebrate the celebration of celebrations, the victory of faith and life over death, the feast of the Resurrection of…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, noted that the “… Great and Holy Lent is the moment where we have many opportunities to open our hearts and meet the Lord… this is the reason why it is so important to fulfill the Church’s canons in terms of the fast. Not to…

A camera crew from the Athens-based Star television station, and reporter Lambros Demertzis, was on Mt. Athos this week, and specifically at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, where he spoke with the Monastery’s Abbot, Archimandrite Ephraim, as well as to pilgrims that arrived from around the world for the Holy and Great Week,…

Great and Holy Thursday is observed today at Orthodox churches around the world, with the Passion of Jesus reaching a climax, as the day seals the Lord’s path to the Cross. Several unique services mark the Orthodox observation of Holy Thursday. The main service is the Vesperal Divine Liturgy of St. Basil, which is conducted…

Foot washing ritual has been conducted at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi today. Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II washed feet of 12 priests. This tradition is a symbolic repetition of the Gospel Episode when Christ washed the feet of his disciples; it is the symbol of love and demureness….

Archimandrite of Georgia’s David Gareji Monastery Complex Kirion (Oniani) told InterPressNews that Azerbaijanis blocked the desert monastery and the clergymen are not allowed to enter the monastery. “Border guards of the neighboring country work on the paths without warning and banning signs and the Georgia border guards observe this situation calmly. Today, the clergymen are…

The Orthodox Christendom marks Great Thursday today. The service on the occasion of Great Thursday of Passion Week is being conducted at all active churches across Georgia. Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II has conducted the prayer at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. He congratulated the parish. Foot washing ritual…

On Tuesday, April 23, 2019, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, welcomed the Hon. Demetris Syllouris, the President of the House of Representatives in Cyprus, to the Patriarchate of Alexandria. Mr. Syllouris is on an official visit to Egypt; during his meeting with Patriarch Theodoros, his wife Antigoni Nicolaidou,…

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov’s Cabinet approved on April 24 an additional 20.7 million leva (about 10.5 million euro) in state subsidies for religious denominations, with 15 million leva going to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and 5.7 million leva for the country’s Muslim minority. A statement after the Cabinet meeting said that the money would…