An announcement by the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church this week notes that with God’s grace and with the support of the faithful, the Holy Light will again be transported this year to the country from the Holy Sepulcher Cathedral in Jerusalem. The Holy Light has been delivered to the Polish Orthodox Church every year since…

The Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla, His Grace Fotije, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in the Bosnia town of Modriča.  

Russian Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week received representatives of the Germany-based Kirche in Not Foundation, within the framework of efforts to assume relief initiatives in the Middle East.

A closely watched meeting between the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew, with the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, has been set for May 23. Relations between the sides have reportedly been tested over recent years, with the latest disagreement revolving around a draft agreement between the government and…

An interview by the Metropolitan of Corinth, His Eminence Dionysios, to the Orthodoxia news agency is now posted on the latter’s websites. Dionysios refers to the Church’s mission, in general, and to legacy of the Apostle Paul, whose First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians are prominent in the New Testament. In reference to contemporary…

The Orthodox Church on April18 commemorates the memory of St. Athanassia of Aegina. Born in the 9th century, Athanasia became a widow at a young age. She subsequently gave away the bulk of her possessions to the poor, converted her home into a convent and began building churches. She later served as an abbess and was…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of condolences to Archbishop of Paris, Michel Aupetit, over the fire that broke out at the Notre Dame Cathedral on the 15th of April 2019. HIS EMINENCE MICHEL AUPETIT ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS Your Eminence, It grieved me deeply to learn about the devastating…

His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and all Greece has invited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit Athens on May 23, 2019, to preside over the official opening of the St. Porphyrios Center for Gerontology and Welfare Support, in the presence of many dignitaries including Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos. The invitation was presented by…

ST. CATHERINE’S, EGYPT – (Reuters) – At St. Catherine’s Monastery at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, the silence in the library is broken only by low electrical humming, as an early manuscript is bathed in green light. A team from Greece are photographing thousands of fragile manuscripts, including some of the earliest copies of…