Bidzina Ivanishvili, Chairman of the Georgian Dream party, met with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, – the Patriarchate reports. “Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia hosted Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili together with the clergy on April 11. Among other issues, the problems of the population and, in general, the socio-economic situation in the country were discussed at…

On 9 April 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with students of the Higher Diplomatic Courses of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Attending the meeting were Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), vice-chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), acting rector…

President of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy thanked the Cyprus Church for upholding inter-Orthodox dialogue on the religious situation in Ukraine. The President of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO) Sergei Gavrilov met with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of New Justiniana and all of Cyprus in Limassol, reports rusnext.ru. During the meeting, current issues…

An exhibition at the Holy Metropolis of St. Petersburg and Ladoga’s history museum focuses on the role and heroism of Orthodox clerics in the wars fought by the motherland in the 20th century. His Eminence, Metropolitan Varsonofy of St. Petersburg and Ladoga attended the opening of the exhibition.

The Moscow-based Institute for Bible Translation, a prominent organization that translates, publishes and distributes the Gospels in the languages of the non-Slavic peoples living in Russia and the other CIS countries, this week announced a new edition of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles in the Lak language. The Lak people,…

Participants in the Great Lenten Pastoral Conference of the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, in the resolution adopted at the result of the meeting, noted “the grave situation of… Ukrainian Orthodox Church headed by His Beatitude Metropolitan Onouphry, which is suffering persecution at the hands of the government and…

A grand opening dedication ceremony (thyranoixia) of the St. Bartholomew the Apostle Parish in Reykjavik, Iceland was held last Sunday, with the archieratical Divine Liturgy co-celebrated by the Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia, Exarch of the Northern Lands, His Eminence Cleopas. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, who visited Iceland…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, opened the 7th International Student Literature Conference at the Greek-language Zografeion Lyceum on Wednesday, with the conference this year entitled “Antonis Samarakis: The Eternal Youth”. Pupils from the around the Bosporus metropolis are participating, along with students from Greece, Cyprus and other countries. Academics,…

With a well-attended retreat at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, Maryland, Y2AM (Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministry), has concluded another successful season of “Be the Bee” retreats. Better known as “BeeTreats,” these events bring together youth (6th-12th grades) and adults for a day full of worship, fellowship, and connection. In all,…