Controversial hardline Plovdiv Metropolitan of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, has launched a vitriolic attack on the visit to the country by Pope Francis. “The visit by the Pope of Rome is a political act, the goal is to unite all the churches around Rome, and when the Antichrist comes, for the Pope to meet…

Met. Seraphim of Kythira reminded that new oros and canons, contrary to the spirit and letter of the Holy Ecumenical Councils, open the doors to ecumenism and heresies. The hierarch of the Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira, sent the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches an Easter…

*** Migration policy should not be illegible, Metropolitan Hilarion believes The Russian Orthodox Church is concerned with migration policy of European countries, which results in blurring their traditional culture. “Cultural transcoding has failed, and it certainly creates a very serious problem. Migration policy should not be illegible – it should take into consideration cultural code…

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has offered his support to the families whose members have been killed or injured in the Sukhoi Superjet 100’s crash at Sheremetyevo Airport. “His Holiness Patriarch Kirill is deeply saddened by what happened at Sheremetyevo Airport yesterday. He is praying for the eternal rest of those who died…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Thursday joined the March of the Living, a 3-kilometer walk from the Auschwitz concentration camp to Birkenau in Poland, to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust. The annual march coincides with Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah) and marks the murder of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. Participants in the…

The American Helleic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA) has released a statement on the occasion of the retirement of Archbishop Demetrios of America. Here’s the full statement, by AHEPA Supreme President George E. Loucas: “Since 1922, the Order of AHEPA has forged a strong relationship with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. This relationship has often…

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced on April 30 the selection of Vicki Pappas Karl as its new Executive Director. Karl has more than 30 years of professional experience as an accomplished attorney, business advisor and nonprofit leader. She began her new role on May 1. The selection of…

Civil activists gathered in the Davit Gareji Monastery Complex, where the Georgian and Azerbaijan borders cross each other. They have symbolically made a chain around the section of the Davit Gareji monastery complex, which is a matter of dispute with the Azeri side. According to the protesters, they are sending a peaceful message to neighbor…

Since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was formed and granted autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople last year, both it and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate agree that a number of churches have shifted their allegiance from the Moscow-affiliated Church to the Ukrainian one. But they disagree as to how many….