In Belgrade, the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Irinej, this week received the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and the current chairman of the tripartite presidency of Bosnia, Milorad Dodik. The meeting at the Patriarchal residence came after an invitation by Irinej to the two Serbian leaders, with discussions focusing on the…

The Pancretan Association of Melbourne this week issued a statement welcoming the new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, and congratulating him on his election. The association expressed particularly satisfaction over the fact that the new Archbishop is of Cretan origin, and a successor of – reposed in Christ Archbishop Stylianos – another native of…

From May 6 to 13, 2019, with the blessing of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and on the invitation of Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, a delegation of the faculty, staff and students of Moscow Theological Academy visited Egypt to help develop inter-church cooperation in academic sphere and make a pilgrimage to…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will host the third Halki Summit from May 31st to June 4th, 2019. The summit will convene distinguished representatives of Orthodox theological schools and seminaries from all over the world, and focus on the theme of “Theological Formation and Ecological Awareness.” Some 50 delegates from over 40 institutions will be…

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The Russian Orthodox Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week referred to the issue of Greece claiming WWII reparations from Germany. Hilarion, who is the head of the Russian Patriarchate’s department for external Church relations, told the “Russia24” channel that when nations seek to claim one thing from another, for issues that are in…

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, again expressed his concern over the threats faced by the Orthodox faithful in the region, especially in Kosovo and Metohija. He also referred to his meeting this week with both the president of Serbia and the current chairman of the tripartite Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina….

The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, on Wednesday denied certain recent press reports claiming that the Ecumenical Patriarch has barred the Archbishop of Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, from participating in deliberations with other Primates of Orthodox Churches on the issue of the Ukrainian Church’s autocephaly. The press reports claim the reason is Anastasios’…

The veneration of the patron saint of the central Greece city of Larissa, St. Achillios, was held on Tuesday, with the Great Vespers presided by the Metropolitan of Thessaliotidos, His Eminence Timotheos, and co-presided by the Metropolitan of Dimitriados, His Eminence Ignatios. Photos from the service are posted today on the Orthodoxia news agency’s webpages….