Deliberations are ongoing within the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, in society and within the government, as the latter continues to insist on revisions to the constitution in order to promote what it calls  – as well as a change in the payroll regime of the clerics in the country. A second vote in Parliament over…

This past week (March 2nd-March 10th, 2019) the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, in cooperation with OCMC and OCF, hosted a group of 6 university students from the United States and Canada. This team of students learnt about the resurrection of the Orthodox Church in Albania after the persecutions she has suffered. They were also…

On Cheesefare Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania said that ‘fasting is an offering of man’s love brought to God’ and gave three fundamental pieces of advice for Christians to be able to bring this God-pleasing offering. ‘The Gospel reading of this Sunday has a major importance for the entire Lenten season,’ His Beatitude…

A group of twenty religion journalists from Romania visited the Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions headquartered in Brussels on the first day of a three-day trip to Belgium beginning on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. The journalists were welcomed by Rev. Sorin Selaru, director, Rev. George Valcu, secretary, and Rev. Gabriel…

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week advised young people on the importance of forgiveness and repentance , on the occasion of the opening of Great Lent. Finally, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Daniel, also referred to the concept of repentance, citing the Great Canon…

A new Orthodox Church is expected to open in Colchester, Essex, in Britain. According to local press reports, a fundraiser by the St. Helen’s Orthodox Church has already collected 112,000 pounds. The funds are being collected to purchase the disused St. Martin’s Church in the area, and to renovate the building for use as a…

  Orthodoxy is again faced with crucial challenges in the coming period, as the coming Feast of Orthodoxy, celebrated on the first Sunday after the opening of the Great Lent, will witness the first time that the Russian Orthodox Church, and its affiliated Churches, will not commemorate the name of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople,…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine has called upon the Ukrainian faithful and blessed them to undertake a special prayer rule throughout Lent, to call on God for peace in Ukraine. This is the fifth year in a row that His Beatitude has made the calls for increased prayer for peace during…

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, over the weekend received Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, days after an assembly in breakaway Kosovo approved a “platform of dialogue” with Belgrade. The Serbian head of state also briefed the Serbian Patriarch over the situation in the province, whose secession is not recognized by Serbia….