Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a letter to His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, greeting him with the 5th anniversary of enthronement. The text of the message is given below. Your Beatitude, Please accept my heartfelt greetings with the 5th anniversary…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Russia congratulated His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia on the anniversary of his enthronement. His Beatitude Rostislav Archbishop of Peć Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia Your Beatitude, Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant at God’s Altar: Please accept my cordial greetings…

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, sent a letter to His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great Antioch and All the East, greeting him with the anniversary of enthronement. Your Beatitude, I cordially congratulate you upon the day of your Patriarchal enthronement. Throughout the years of…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia greeted His Beatitude Patriarch John X of the Great Antioch and All the East with the anniversary of his enthronement. His Beatitude JOHN X Patriarch of Great Antioch and All the East Your Beatitude, Beloved in the Lord Brother and Concelebrant at God’s Altar: I cordially…

On February 10, 2019, the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, head of the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Singapore. It is the first service of…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the organizers, participants and guests of the Global Conference of Human Fraternity that took place in Abu Dhabi on 3-4 February 2019. Dear participants in the conference, I extend my cordial greetings to all those who have gathered together in…

A controversial opinion purported to be from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod urging a ban on terminations of pregnancy, for religion to be a compulsory subject in schools, no sex education, and opposing the full ban on corporal punishment in schools, has been deleted from the church’s official website. The opinion, posted in response…

Greek Orthodox faithful from the island of Chios traveled to the Turkish port of Cesme (Krini), for a rare Divine Liturgy held at Saint Charalambos church on Sunday. Sunday was the feast day of the hieromartyr Saint Charalambos, who was tortured and died for refusing to burn incense to pagan gods. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew performed…

Ukraine’s successor to the KGB and counterintelligence and anti-terrorism agency has announced a criminal case against the Kiev Caves Lavra, in connection with the supposed loss of 10 museum items not found during a recent audit. Unlike other former USSR nations, the Ukrainian state has not returned many of the most valuable Church sites to…