Unknown assailants robbed and desecrated the Church of St. Nicholas in the Ukrainian village of Korolevka in the Zhytomyr Province on the night of the great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, reports the site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The crime was discovered by a parishioner who arrived on the day…

The Orthodox youth brotherhood of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church is organizing a food drive in Warsaw, with supermarket shoppers in the Polish capital asked to contribute food that will then be distributed to those in need.

International fallout and condemnations continued over last week’s decision by the Sultan of Brunei to fully implement sharia law in the tiny oil-rich state located on the large Pacific island of Borneo. Among other sentences, converting from Islam or leaving the specific religion is punished by death in the absolute monarchy, or, in a best-case…

Concerns amongst India’s sizable and often persecuted Christian population continued over the recent period, ahead of general elections on April 11. Worries revolve around whether an election victory by the current ruling party will worsen conditions for Christians on the Indian subcontinent. While making tremendous strides over recent decades in numerous sectors, India continues to…

The Church of Greece and the Greek foreign ministry have announced an initiative to combat all forms of trafficking, an acute problem around the world. On the ministry’s side, the initiative will be coordinated by Deputy Foreign Minister Markos Bolaris. The minister has already sent letters to all the Metropolises under the Church of Greece’s…

A weekend television interview by Greece’s relevant education and religious affairs minister has caused annoyance within the Church of Greece’s ranks, as the minister, Costas Gavroglu, blamed Church hierarchs for a suspension of a dialogue between the government and the Church. A source close to the standing Holy Synod told the Orthodoxia news agency that…

Romfilatelia, the institution designated to issue Romanian postage stamps, has issued a new set of stamps in honor of the Lord’s Crucifixion on Holy Friday and His Bright Resurrection on Pascha. The set consists of two stamps each with a face value of about $.35 (1.50 lei) each, and a souvenier sheet with a face…

Kiev, April 8, Interfax – The Kiev District Administrative Court has ruled to find unlawful Verkhovnaya Rada Chairman Andrey Parubiy’s actions regarding the adoption of legislation obliging the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name, parliamentarian Vadim Novinsky said on Facebook. “A momentous event has happened in Ukraine’s modern history: a court has taken…

On Friday, April 5, on the occasion of the 4th Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos, the miraculous icon of Panagia Kardiotissa, originating from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. George in Pennsylvania, was brought to Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn for veneration. The Presiding priest of the community, Archimandrite Eugene Pappas and…