ISTANBUL – His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will host the third Halki Summit from May 31st to June 4th, 2019. The summit will convene distinguished representatives of Orthodox theological schools and seminaries from all over the world, and focus on the theme of “Theological Formation and Ecological Awareness.” Some 50 delegates from over 40 institutions…

On Friday, May 17, 2019, the Honorary Consul of Uganda to Greece Mrs Vasiliki Alexandraki visited His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga at the Orthodox Headquarters in Namungoona – Kampala. They discussed a number of issues and after, the Archbishop toured them around the Metropolis premises and showed some of the ongoing developments such as the…

By the grace of God, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph and more than 20 clergy and lay delegates from the Antiochian Archdiocese arrived safely in St. Petersburg, Russia, as they begin their two-week piligrimage in the “city of Peter,” Moscow and other cities. They were warmly welcomed by His Grace Bishop Mitrophan of Gatchina and Lugsky…

The Jerusalem Orthodox Church prays at Orthodox shrines of the Holy Land for the Lord to preserve the UOC and Her faithful in Ukraine, Patriarch Theophilos said. On May 17, 2019, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine met with the Primate of the Jerusalem Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, the UOC Information and…

Since May 13, unauthorized rallies have been going on in Yekaterinburg against plans to rebuild Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in a park instead of its original site. The authorities of Russia’s Sverdlovsk region will publish a list of new possible sites for the construction of Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Yekaterinburg, the head of the region Yevgeny…

On Thursday 16 May 2019, one week after his election as Archbishop of Australia by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, presided over his first Divine Liturgy as Archbishop of Australia at the Holy Monastery of Saint George Epanosifi in Heraklion of…

The Verkh-Isetsky District Court in Yekaterinburg and a justice of the peace examined material on Friday against three participants of an unauthorized protest against the construction of St. Catherine’s Church in the city center, court spokeswoman Olga Taff told Interfax. “Four files were received against three people,” Taff said. All three were given five-day custodial…

The Yekaterinburg authorities’ decision to survey local residents on the issue of church construction following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s reaction cannot be regarded as an indication of their inefficiency. “The local authorities conducted dialogue with residents of Yekaterinburg before the president’s statement. It’s just that the president worded it more clearly and in this case…

By the help of God and the prayers and blessing of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, by the moral and financial support of the Patriarchate, the Rum Orthodox distinguished Professor of the Arabic Literature and writer, Mr. Yusef Nasser, who has long been a Care Taker of the Greek-Orthodox Arab-speaking Community of…