The memory of St. Theodosius of the Kiev Caves was festively celebrated on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the Lavra he founded in the 11th century with St. Anthony of the Caves. Together, Sts. Anthony and Theodosius are venerated as the founders of Russian Church monasticism, though their ascetic exploits are also revered throughout the…

A unique exhibition of over 200 pictures placed on 90 panels was opened on Friday evening, May 17, at the Cultural Centre of the Archbishop Makarios III Foundation in Nicosia in an effort to bring together two European countries – Cyprus and Poland. The exhibition is entitled ‘Colours of Orthodoxy. Cyprus-Poland’ and was organized by…

The Spring Session of the Holy Synod of Bishops, which convened at the Chancery of the Orthodox Church in America May 7-10, 2019, opened with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at Saint Sergius of Radonezh Chapel, at which His Grace, Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa, presided.  At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His…

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Remember that a family is happy when it is legal, and legal family consists of a man and a woman – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II said in Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi when addressing participants of the public marching organized on the occasion of Family Purity Day marked…

On Thursday afternoon, May 3/16, 2019, a Seminar under S.V. Stepashin, Chairman of the district and foreign departments of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society, took place at Sergei Hotel which is adjacent to the Russian MISSIA of the Moscow Patriarchate, on the occasion of the two-hundred-year anniversary of the diplomatic support of the Russian presence…

Developments next week are judged as vital for Church-state relations in Greece, as well as relations between the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the Mother Church of Orthodoxy, with the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. A closely watched session of the Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod reconvenes on Wednesday, and is set to continue until…

The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidoforos, this week had his first contact with Greek Orthodox clergymen in the United States, addressing some 400 clerics via a video-conference. According to a report in the expatriate newspaper The National Herald, the video conference lasted roughly an hour. Active and retired Orthodox clerics heard the new…

The issue of the schismatic Orthodox Church in the newly renamed Republic of North Macedonia, known for centuries as the Archbishopric of Ohrid, re-emerged on the forefront this week — with the Ecumenical Patriarchate referring to a standing appeal by the latter. The Church of Constantinople said the appeal is under examination. In a related…