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Greece’s consulate in Boston this month is again organizing an event to honor the winners of the Boston Marathon. The consulate has held such an event every year since 1984, in cooperation with the Alpha Omega organization. It bestows gold-plated olive wreaths to the specific marathon’s winners. The olive branches come from the Marathon township,…

An event presenting the book “St. Nektarios of Aegina, the Healer”, was held in Belgrade this week, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Serbia, His Beatitude Irinej. The well-received event was also attended by members of the local Greek and Russian communities.  

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod convened on Thursday under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Beatitude Kirill. In his comments, the Russian Patriarch noted that “… It is not enough to only speak of the past. It is significant to examine how capable modern man is at performing good…

  The Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches in the European Union this week called on European citizens to vote in the upcoming May European parliament election. Members of the Committee are also participating in a conference at the European Parliament entitled “The next day in Syria: A path towards the resilience of Syrian people.”…

The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church on Friday announced that the Church’s hierarchs and officials will not participate in any of the events related to an upcoming visit to the country by Roman Catholic Pope Francis. The only exception will be a meeting between the Bulgarian Patriarch, His Beatitude Neophyte, with the Pope…

  The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church on Friday expressed its official opposition to the granting of the Tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of the Ukraine.    In an announcement, the Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, His Beatitude Savva, said his Church continues to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow…

The Church of Greece’s reaction against the current Tsipras government’s effort to revise certain articles in the country’s criminal code continued this week, a day after the Holy Synod expressed its opposition to a revision of the articles regarding malicious blasphemy, insult to religion and defamation of the deceased. On Friday, the Metropolitan of Kissamos…

During the month of April, people in Timisoara have the opportunity to glimpse a collection of 500 Bibles in multiple languages and dimensions. The exhibition titled The Museum of the Bible was opened on Tuesday, April 2, at the Theresian Bastion in Timisoara in the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat. The 500…