President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos spoke on the phone with Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos to express his full sympathy following the bomb explosion outside the Church of Aghios Dionysios in Kolonaki, central Athens on Thursday, December 27, 2018. Source: ANA-MPA news Photo: Christos Mponis

One of the places where Christmas was celebrated on Tuesday is Maaloula, a small town near Damascus, where residents still speak Aramaic, the language used by Jesus Christ. Maaloula is located in a mountainous area near the Syrian capital, where two ancient Christian monasteries also stand. Some of the damage can still be seen at…

Russians trust the army and the church the most, of all state and public institutions, according to the results of a survey done by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM). According to the survey, the army is supported and approved of by 86% of the respondents, which is almost 20% more than in December…

The Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church will continue discussions about the ongoing processes in the Church of Ukraine during the next meeting. Based on the decision made on December 27, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II expresses concern over the ongoing processes in Ukraine, as well as the recent…

The law on renaming Ukrainian religious organizations whose leadership is based in an “aggressor country” has entered into force. The Verkhovnaya Rada’s official newspaper Golos Ukrainy published the text of the document on Wednesday. The Culture Ministry’s department for religions and nationalities is expected to be in charge of conducting checks to decide which religious…

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church plans to go to the country’s Constitutional Court to appeal a law that obliges it to include affiliation with the Russian Orthodox Church in its name. “We intend to defend our rights by all legal methods. We forwarded a request to the president of Ukraine, asking him to use his veto…

The Holy Synod session of the Orthodox Church ended at the Patriarchate of Georgia. As the father Zosime, Archbishop of the Tsilkan and Dushet Eparchy stated the issue of Ukraine has been discussed at today’s session, however, the Holy Synod refrains from taking a concrete decision until Ecumenical Patriarch’s resolution is published. As he noted…

A policeman injured at the explosion of a bomb outside the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Dionysios in Kolonaki is out of danger, Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) sources said on Thursday. According to police speaking to ANA, the church sexton notified police early on Thursday morning that a suspicious box was left outside the church….

Vienna police found no bomb at St. Stephen’s Cathedral after an anonymous caller phoned in a threat on Thursday, prompting an evacuation of the inner-city landmark, police said on Twitter. “The search of St. Stephen’s Cathedral came up negative, the closures are being lifted, and an investigation into the caller is being launched,” the Vienna…