A Divine Liturgy was held at the St. Basil Orthodox Cathedral in Banjica this week, officiated by the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, and co-celebrated by priests from local parishes. In his address afterwards, the Serbian Patriarch referred to the supreme meaning of the Great and Holy Lent for the faithful. A synod of…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, last Tuesday received the Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, at the Danilovo Monastery in the Russian capital. During the meeting, His Holiness Kirill said there was nothing that can injure relations between the Russian Church and Armenians, while adding: “At the same…

Members of the Church of Greece’s standing Holy Synod on Wednesday decided to intervene and express the Church’s positions in the current debate over revisions to Greece’s penal code, and specifically to express opposition to a revision of the articles regarding malicious blasphemy, insults to religion and defamation of the deceased. A letter by the…

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Archbishop Feofilakt of Pyatigorsk and Cherkessk, Mr. Yevgeny Kirdyapkin, assistant to the Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) and other members of the NCFD delegation visited Syria. The visit was blessed by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and supported by Mr. Alexander Matovnikov, Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to…

In Timosoara, Romania, a book exhibition was inaugurated on Tuesday by the Orthodox Metropolis of Banat, entitled “In How Many Languages Does God Hear Our Prayers?”. The highlight of the exhibition is the display of 500 copies of the Bible from around the world in scores of different languages. The book exhibition is part of…

Hollywood actor Jim Caviezel, who portrayed Jesus Christ in the landmark 2004 film “The Passion of Christ”, this week again stressed the importance of his Christian faith and the intimate nature of the once-in-a-lifetime role. A video of Caviezel’s interview is posted today on the Orthodoxia news agency’s web page pages.

Shocking figures and reports continue to emerge this week over the deaths and persecution of Christians worldwide, with a latest estimate being 90,000 deaths alone in 2018. Some 600 million Christian faithful around the world were prevented, in some form or another, from exercising their faith as they choose. One-third of the Christian victims of…

On March 29, 2019, the official internet portal of the Albanian Orthodox Church published the text of a letter written by His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, to the Primate of the Church of Constantinople. As it is noted in the introductory part of the publication, in his previous correspondence with the…