On 5 March 2019, while on a visit to Bulgaria, Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, met with His Holiness Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria at the residence of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Taking part in the meeting were also Metropolitan Kipriyan of Stara Zagora; Metropolitan Grigorij of…

Conservation works on 40 frescoes, dating to the 19th century, were completed recently at the Cathedral of the Resurrection, a historic Orthodox Church in Moscow built  in 17th century.

Renovation works began this month to transform a Monastery in the Aghia Napa region of Cyprus into a museum. The works are expected to be completed in May 2020, and until then, Church services will be held at the Monastery.

A group of pupils from the central Greece city of Karditsa recently visited the Patriarchate of Romania, in Bucharest, according to the Basilica news agency. The group of pupils and their teachers were received by the Bishop of Ploiești, His Grace Varlaam, and members of an association representing the Romanian Patriarchate’s chanters.

A round-table discussion took place in Moscow this week on the issue of Christians’ role in peace efforts to defuse global and regional conflicts. In his address, His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion, referred to a significant role that Christians are called on to play in a world rife with animosity and divisions.

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew, on Tuesday addressed a message ahead of next week’s commencement of the Great Lent. His All Holiness referred to a freedom that does not demand, but is shared; and one of sacrifice.

A national union of theologians has addressed an open letter to the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos II, as well as to the education ministry, requesting clarifications over what the two sides have ostensibly agreed to, with regards the lesson of religion in primary and secondary schools. In a statement to…

 Education Minister Kostas Gavroglu on Tuesday referred to what he called a “common consensus” to “rationalize” relations between Church and state. He also mentioned what he called the safeguarding of boundaries between the two and a “tidying up” of finances. Asked about his recent inflammatory statement referring to “blackmail” on the part of clergymen, the Greek…

The resignation of the Metropolitan of Peristeri, his Eminence Chrysostomos, was announced to members of the Holy Synod. The specific Metropolis is located in west Athens.