An interview by the country’s education and religious affairs minister, Kostas Gavroglu, to Maria Giachnaki and the Orthodoxia news agency is posted today on the agency’s websites. The interview is in Greek.

More reports of attacks this week by jihadist forces in northern Syria, days after a predominately small Christian Orthodox city was targeted by missiles, resulting in the death of at least 12 people, six of which were children. On Tuesday, Muslim militants that still control areas west of Aleppo fired on a camp of displaced…

With the recent bill of the Ministry of Education voted by the Greek Parliament on April 23, 2019, the Orthodox Academy of Crete (OAC) is now incorporated into Law 4310/2014 (A 258) for “Research, Technological Development and Innovation” and is officially among the recognized Research Centers in Greece, Romfea News informs. This is a very…

Every one of us is a potential saint, even if we do not believe right now! Metropolitan Nicholas (Khadzhinkolai) of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki, a hierarch of the Greek Orthodox Church, considers disbelief the most valuable experience in the spiritual life. “I didn’t need someone’s stories and arguments about Christ; I was looking to experience His…

The diocese of New York of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America has begun efforts to purchase land for a new cathedral in Salt Lake City. According to initial plans, the wooden Russian-style cathedral will be dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul.

In India, the latest reports of persecution against Christians involves local officials threatening to interrupt the provision of basic services, like electricity and water supply, to people if they do not convert to Hinduism. Several Christians in the east of the Indian sub-continent reported pressure exerted on them by local officials, including threats to confiscate…

The latest attack by Jihadist rebels against Christians in Syria resulted in the deaths of at least 12 people, including six children. The younger victims were attending a Sunday school class at the Apostle Paul Cathedral in the small Syrian city of Al Skeilbiyyeh, when the remnants of terrorist groups still embedded in the countryside…

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Despite continued and large-scale persecution, attacks and intimidation against Christians in Africa, Orthodoxy on the continent is not only resisting, but growing at impressive rates. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, along with Greek clergymen and missionaries continue to preach the word of God on the continent, often in the face of substantial…