The Metropolitan of Alexandroupolis, His Eminence Anthimos, this week warned of looming threats and challenges faced in northeast Greece’s Thrace province. Anthimos’ Metropolis lies on the land boundary between the predominately Orthodox Christian country and the European portion of Turkey – in the Thrace province. According to His Eminence, “… the situation in Greek Thrace,…

Churches in the Jerusalem claim their presence in the holy city is under threat due to a legal ruling on the sale of buildings. Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled against the Greek Orthodox Church in a 14 year old case which looked at the purchase of properties at the entrance to the Christian Quarter of…

Archimandrite Maxim believes that Metropolitan Vladimir (Moroz) by his example shows what it means to be an Orthodox person. The cleric of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Maxim, who visited the Holy Dormition Pochaev Monastery a few days ago, addressed the believers of Ukraine with words of support. The video of the address was published…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, honored a number of “mother-heroines” at his residence at the Kiev Caves Lavra yesterday. The primate received the matushkas of the priests of the Kiev Diocese who have raised 5 or more children, congratulating them with the feast of…

The commentary was published by the Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. On 20th May 2019, Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva, presented a response to the joint communication of the UN Special Rapporteurs concerning violations of…

On 13th June 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Andrei Belyaninov, Secretary General of the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly International Union of Non-Governmental Organizations, chairman of the management board of the Eurasian Development Bank. They were joined in the meeting by Ms. Svetlana Smirnova,…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has released the results of a National Survey that was commissioned by the Archdiocese in order to assist in the evaluation of the programs of the National Ministries. The results of the survey will help determine the Archdiocese’s current National Ministry priorities and where the Archdiocese’s financial and personnel resources should…

Students of Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, while on a pilgrimage in Greece, visited with the newly elected Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in Thessaloniki, Greece. His Eminence received the group in his office, at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki where he has been a professor since 2009. Archbishop Elpidophoros expressed his…

The delegation of the State Agency for Religious Issues continues a working visit to the State of Romania. Within the visit, the Deputy Chairman of the agency Giorgi Ukleba held a meeting with the head of the Anthim the Iberian Monastery of Bucharest, the Bishop Varlam of the Romanian Orthodox Church. At the meeting, Giorgi…