IN THE NAME OF THE HOLY AND LIFEGIVING TRINITY! We, the clergy, monastics, and representatives of the people of God, ordained and elected members to the Annual Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America, Serbian Orthodox Church, have gathered together at the Church of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker in the God-protected City of…

On Ash Wednesday morning of the First Week of the Holy and Great Lent, Matins with the Hours and the Divine Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts were officiated with the participation in prayer of H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos. Participants in the prayer were the Hagiotaphite Archbishops, Priests and Monks, under the…

Traian Ungureanu, MEP for Romania, met with a group of twenty religion journalists from Romania at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday, March 8, 2019. Mr. Ungureanu spoke about the efforts made by Romania’s representatives to defend the country’s interests in the European institutions. Traian Ungureanu pointed to the importance of understanding the benefits…

Finally, the Metropolitan of Neapoli and Stavroupoli, His Eminence Barnabas, said last October’s joint television appearance by Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos II, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was a distinct surprise for the Church’s hierarchs. The Metropolitan was quoted in an interview with the “National Herald” newspaper of New…

The Russian Orthodox Church reiterated its volition to establish a robust presence in SE Asia, and specifically in areas where Christianity is under persecution. A Russian professor and close associate of the Russian Patriarchate said the Moscow Church wants to establish national Churches in the region, and not copies of the Russian Orthodox Church –…

The final stretch towards the construction and operation of the first cremator in the country is underway, despite the Church’s opposition. Environment and Energy Minister Giorgos Stathakis on Tuesday signed a relevant decision to allow the operation of a crematorium in the inner city Athens district of Eleonas. The Church of Greece had officially opposed…

The text of an agreement between the government of the Ukraine and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, regarding the granting of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the latter, was posted on Tuesday on the Ukrainian presidency’s website. The agreement includes six articles, and was signed on Nov. 3, 2018 at the Patriarchate’s seat…

 Deliberations are ongoing within the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, in society and within the government, as the latter continues to insist on revisions to the constitution in order to promote what it calls  – as well as a change in the payroll regime of the clerics in the country. A second vote in Parliament over…

This past week (March 2nd-March 10th, 2019) the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in cooperation with OCMC and OCF, hosted a group of 6 university students from the United States and Canada. This team of students learnt about the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in Albania after the persecutions she has suffered. They were also…