The Biblical Federation of the Middle East held its Sixteenth Biblical Conference from January 27 to 31, 2019 about the Book of Ezekiel and with the motto: “A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you (Ez 36:26).” The last day of the conference was held in Balamand….

On Tuesday, January 30/ February 12, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the common commemoration of the Three Hierarchs, St. Basil the Great, St. Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrysostom. Their common commemoration has been celebrated by the Church since the 11th century, in order to solve the conflict among its members on the question; who…

On Monday afternoon, January 29/ February 11, 2019, the Deputy Minister of the Republic of Cyprus Mr. Savvas Perdiou visited the Patriarchate, escorted by the representatives of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in Tel-Aviv Mrs. Louiza Varakla and Mr. Constantinos Chrysanthos. The Deputy Minister was received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of…

The Church of the Martyr Elijah in the village of Zeleniy Yar in the Nikoalev Province in southern Ukraine was set on fire in the night of Saturday to Sunday by unknown vandals. It was a miracle that the fire did not consume the entire church but was extinguished, reports the Union of Orthodox Journalists….

Unknown perpetrators vandalized a parish of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Zaporozhye with fascist symbols, the press service of the local department of the Ukrainian National Police. This is the second such incidence in the Zaporozhye Diocese in a week. According to the statement, the police received a message from the rector of the…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Saturday chaired the Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest at the Synodal Hall of the patriarchal residence, where His Beatitude presented the 2018 annual report. Attending the meeting were all the members of the Diocesan Assembly, including the patriarchal auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia, as…

The Church of Greece and the Ecumenical Patriarchate are fully in line on the need for clerics to remain in the state payroll and on the constitutional revisions planned by the government, the two bodies said in a joint statement on Tuesday, after a meeting in Athens between Archbishop Ieronymos and a delegation of the…

During its working session on Feb. 7, the Permanent Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church declared 2020 as Commemorative Year of Saint Nectarios of Aegina, marking the 100th anniversary of his blessed repose in the Lord. The hierarchs announced that the annual Diptycha volume of the Church of Greece for 2020, containing details regarding…

On Monday afternoon, January 29/ February 11, 2019, the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Greece Mrs. Elena Kountoura visited the Patriarchate along with associates of her office and the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr. Christos Sophianopoulos. The Minister was received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers….