The Holy Synod of the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) at its Wednesday, April 3, 2019 meeting called on Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to call off the tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). “It should be noted that the actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Ukraine…

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has expressed its concerns to Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios over the request he received from the small local Rainbow Party to grant his approval for the divine liturgy to be conducted in the “Macedonian language” to cater for speakers of the Southern Slavic language spoken in North Macedonia….

The death of Archbishop Stylianos after 44 years at the helm of the Greek Orthodox Church in Australia has marked the end of an era. A larger-than-life energetic figure, Archbishop Stylianos has left behind a legacy. He welcomed people to the church regardless of their religious beliefs, and was a man of great open-mindedness that…

A mass of Romanian Orthodox faithful took to the streets, or rather, the dirt roads of the eastern Romanian village of Ion Creangă on Sunday, March 31, processing in honour of the Holy Cross of our Lord and in defense of the right to life. The crowd, about 1,000 strong, made its way up Muncelu…

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Greece’s consulate in Boston this month is again organizing an event to honor the winners of the Boston Marathon. The consulate has held such an event every year since 1984, in cooperation with the Alpha Omega organization. It bestows gold-plated olive wreaths to the specific marathon’s winners. The olive branches come from the Marathon township,…

An event presenting the book “St. Nektarios of Aegina, the Healer”, was held in Belgrade this week, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Serbia, His Beatitude Irinej. The well-received event was also attended by members of the local Greek and Russian communities.  

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod convened on Thursday under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude Kirill. In his comments, the Russian Patriarch noted that “… It is not enough to only speak of the past. It is significant to examine how capable modern man is at performing good…

  The Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches in the European Union this week called on European citizens to vote in the upcoming May European parliament election. Members of the Committee are also participating in a conference at the European Parliament entitled “The next day in Syria: A path towards the resilience of Syrian people.”…