The Larnaca district court on Monday morning remanded two people for three days in connection with the theft of a cross from a church in Mosfiloti. Police said they were notified of the theft of a wooden cross decorated with gold ornaments worth €7,000 from the Ayia Thekla monastery in Mosfiloti on March 31. A…

President Bashar al-Assad on Monday received Patriarch Irinej of Serbia and the accompanying delegation in the presence of Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All East John X Yazigi. President al-Assad stressed that what Syria and Serbia have been exposed to in terms of foreign interference attempts to undermine their sovereignty and undermine their social…

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia voiced confidence over Syria’s victory, “which represents the victory of right”, hoping that peace would prevail Syria and the world and the Syrian people would hold on to their land and preserve the heritage of their ancestors. Speaking to SANA, Patriarch Irinej said that the Serbian people are able to realize…

On June 2, 2019, the 6th Sunday after Pascha, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Elevation of the Cross in Geneva, Switzerland, the cathedral church of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia diocese of Western Europe. His…

On February 26, 2019, at the session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, a decision was made to establish a diocese of Korea as part of the Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia. Bishop Feofan of Kyzyl and Tyva was appointed its ruling hierarch. In an interview to Pravoslavie.ru portalArchbishop Feofan told about the…

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The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, this week is officially visiting the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East in Damascus, Syria. On Sunday, the Primate of the Serbian Church co-celebrated the Divine Liturgy with the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Holiness John X, at the Mariamite Cathedral…

The Elder Archbishop of America, His Eminence Demetrios, with be honored next weekend by the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston and the Metropolitan of Boston, His Eminence Methodios. The Metropolis of Boston annually hosts an event on the second Sunday of June to honor some 700 volunteers who are members of its 62 parishes throughout…

  The Russian Orthodox Church today venerates the icon known as the Theotokos of Vladimirskaya, or, Our Lady of Vladimir. The icon, depicting the Virgin and Child, was credited with saving a besieged Moscow from the Kazan Tatar hordes in the 16th century.