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22.03.2019 | 18:07
Russian Church program for Syrian children
The Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Volokomask, His Eminence Hilarion, this week detailed the Moscow Church’s program for rehabilitation of injured children in war-ravaged Syria.
22.03.2019 | 18:05
Report cites widespread persecution of Christians in some countries
More reports of widespread persecutions of Christians around the world surfaced this week, especially against Christian women and girls, who face severe harassment not only over their faith but also due to their gender, including rape, kidnapping, forced marriage and abortion and even death.
22.03.2019 | 18:02
Metropolitan of Lagada: Some quarters want the marginalization of the Church
An interview given to the Orthodoxia news agency by the Metropolitan of Lagada, His Eminence Ioannis, was well-received this week. The Metropolis of Lagada, Litis and Rentiniis located in northern Greece. His Eminence warned that there is an effort underway in some quarters to marginalize the Church. He also referred to the issu of the…
22.03.2019 | 18:00
Church of Greece adamant over issue of clerics’ payroll regime
A decision by the Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod this week, after three days of sessions, has reaffirmed the Church’sstanding opposition to any changes in the payroll regime for clerics in the country. The current government is keen to change the payroll regime for registered Orthodox clergymen and Church administrative staff. Education and religious…
22.03.2019 | 17:58
Pompeo tours Church of the Holy Sepulcher
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday received a guided tour by monks of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher of the Church as well as the tiny chapel inside the cathedral, from where the Holy Light emerges. A comprehensive restoration of the Cathedral was recently completed by a team of engineers and architects…
22.03.2019 | 17:56
Reactions continue over disrespectful dispute of Holy Fire miracle
Reactions continued this week to yet another effort to dispute the miracle of the Holy Light at the Church of the Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The Holy Light emerges during the vesper Divine Liturgy of Holy and Great Saturday, near midnight preceding Easter Sunday. The latest disrespectful reference comes in a book released by a Greek…
22.03.2019 | 17:52
Second Friday of Lent today
Today, Friday, March 22, is the second Friday of Lent, with a specific divine liturgy celebrated at Orthodox Cathedrals around the world.
22.03.2019 | 17:20
Tronos Byzantine Choir to perform at European Parliament in April
The Tronos Byzantine Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate will perform at the European Parliament on April 11 as part of a three-day series of cultural events organized in the context of Romania’s Presidency of the EU Council. ExpoRomania Bruxelles will take place on April 10-12, 2019, and will include a display of paintings by Horia…
22.03.2019 | 17:17
British Library returns historic documents stolen from Greek Monastery in 1979
The British Library has returned three rare historic documents that had been illegally removed from the Panagia Chrysopodaritissa Monastery in Achaia in 1979, Greek City Times reports. According to the Greek Culture and Sports Ministry, the items which were returned to the Greek Embassy in London on Thursday to be sent on to Greece, include…
