A precious reliquary stolen from the St. Mamas Cathedral in Turkish-occupied Morphou, on Cyprus, has been returned by an auction house that was about to sell-off the stolen object. The reliquary is dated to 1835, and contains the holy relics of Cypriot and other saints. An intervention by the Orthodox Metropolis of Morphou was instrumental in first…

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, this week emphasized that “…Serbia without Kosovo and Metohija is not Serbia…” In a statement, the Patriarch said that “… it’s like cutting off the head or taking out the heart of a person.” He also underlined that the remaining Serbian Orthodox residents in the…

Monday marks the six-year anniversary of the abduction of Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi, the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Aleppo, and  Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim, outside the then besieged northern Syrian city. Archbishop Paul is the brother of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X. Last week,…

His Holiness Irinej, the Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of the Holy Archangel Micahel in Belgrade on the Feast day of the Entry of the Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, 21 April 2019. The Patriarch was concelebrated by the abbot of the monastery of Rajinovac, archimandrite Serafim (Kuzic), arhimandrite…

The highest representatives of the Serbian people attended the celebration of the Patriarch’s Patron Saint-day of the Serbian Patriarch Irinej. His Holiness Irinej, the Serbian Patriarch, received President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, and Chairman of the Presidency of the Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Milorad Dodik, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade…

On St. Lazarus Saturday, 20 April 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade. The prayerful celebration of St. Lazarus Saturday – the Patron Saint-day (slava) of Serbian Patriarch Irinej, began with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Belgrade’s Cathedral Church by His Holiness…

The Primate assured the newly elected President of the support of the Church in matters that promote the establishment of spiritual and moral values of society. On April 22, 2019, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy of Kiev and All Ukraine congratulated the candidate for President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, on his victory in the elections. The…

In the Middle East, Monday’s marks the six-year anniversary of the abduction of Greek Orthodox Archbishop Paul Yazigi, the Metropolitan of the Archdiocese of Aleppo, and Syriac Orthodox Archbishop Yohanna Ibrahim, outside the then besieged northern Syrian city. Archbishop Paul is the brother of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His…

Elsewhere in the world, the death toll in Sri Lanka from Sunday’s dastardly terrorist attacks against churches and hotels – coinciding with Catholic Easter – has now reached 290, with more than 500 people injured. Orthodox hierarchs continued to issue stern condemnations, as well as expressing their condolences and prayers to the victims, the families…