Press reports out of Nigeria over recent week refer to hundreds and up to thousands Christians killed by Muslim militias in the west African country’s middle belt, with the Christian Society of Nigeria adding that most of the victims are women and children. Reactions are also building over attempts by some international media to portray…

The ordination of the new Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, His Eminence Athanasios, was held on Saturday at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation in Athens. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos II, officiated at the Holy Liturgy, accompany by several other Church hierarachs. “Today all will congratulate you, however, things will…

Press reports out of Nigeria over recent week refer to hundreds and up to thousands Christians killed by Muslim militias in the west African country’s middle belt, with the Christian Society of Nigeria adding that most of the victims are women and children. Reactions are also building over attempts by some international media to portray…

Ten pre-1917 Orthodox icons saved and hidden by the Mosfilm studios in Moscow were personally returned this week to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. The icons were handed over by the Director General of the film studio Karen Shakhnazarov, with the Russian Patriarch thanking him.  In reply, Shakhnazarov thanked His…

The miraculous survival of one young American woman from a deadly building collapse 38 years ago in Kansas City, Missouri, was her epiphany to turn to God. Almost four decades later, Sister Aemeliani, is today an Orthodox nun at a convent in the Holy Metropolis of Thebes and Livadeia, north of Athens. The former Melanie…

The ordination of the new Metropolitan of Sisanion and Siatista, His Eminence Athanasios, was held on Saturday at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Annunciation in Athens. Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos II, officiated at the Holy Liturgy, accompany by several other Church hierarachs. “Today all will congratulate you, however, things will…

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Secondary pupils in Belgrade this week sang hymns in commemoration of the 800-year anniversary of the founding of the Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate. The choir of pupils performed at the St. Sava Cathedral of Belgrade, in the presence of the Serbian Patriarch, His Holiness Irinej.  

In Russia, the Moscow Patriarchate has expressed support for a draft bill submitted by the Russian government to ban the sale of alcohol to people under the age of 21.