The Managing Director of a German auction house who recently bought a casket with the relics of saints originally from St Mamas church in Morphou, Cyprus, and will return it on Tuesday to its rightful owner, the Metropolis of Morphou, has stressed in statements to the Cyprus News Agency (CNA) that art is very important…

On 12 May 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa met with Archbishop Amvrosy of Vereya, rector of the Moscow Theological Academy who was on a pilgrimage to Egypt from May 6 to 12 with the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia as head of a…

On Sunday, May 12, 2019, Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze attended the consecration of the Cathedral of the Iveron Icon of the Most Holy Mother of God, followed by festive liturgy, on Mount Makhata. The consecration and liturgy were served by Catholicos-Patriarch of All-Georgia Ilia II. After the festive liturgy, the Head of Government congratulated…

Georgian woman with her prayer and love cures the diseases of family and nation, – Father Daniel, Metropolitan of Chiatura and Sachkhere, made this statement during the ceremony of blessing of Iveria Virgin Mary Icon Cathedral at Makhata Mountain. Father Daniel spoke about the important role of women and mothers in the spiritual as well…

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  The primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Metropolitan of Kiev, His Beatitude Epiphanius, this week expressed his optimism that relations between the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian state will continue, following a meeting with newly elected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

New Orthodox cathedral being built in Kazakhstan capital A new Orthodox cathedral is being built in the central Asia country of Kazakhstan, and specifically in the capital of Nur-Sultan, previously known as Astana. The building of the church in the predominately Muslim country is an initiative of the Russian Orthodox Church, with completion to take…

  Five parishioners and the parish priest were killed outside a church in the northern part of the west African country of Burkina Faso over the weekend, in the latest attack against Christians there. According to Reuters, up to 30 gunmen opened fire after a mass was celebrated in the Catholic church of Dablo. The…

  Official suspicion of Christianity and Christians continues from official Beijing. Sadly, the Chinese communist party this month hosted a seminar entitled “Christianity threatens China’s security”, where speakers reportedly referred to the “risks and huge repercussions” that Christianity entails for the specific nation. Purdue University sociology professor Fenggang Yang estimates that there are no less…