Repairs and restoration work on the landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia would cost about four million leva (about two million euro), according to an interdepartmental commission. A statement by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, said that the interdepartmental commission on repairing and restoring the cathedral had held its…

Former Turkish Minister for European Affairs and close associate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egemen Bagis characterised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ visit to Turkey “A good visit that has the potential to develop into a very successful “success story” for both parts”, speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday. He estimated that the…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of Saint Demetrius in New Belgrade on 10th February 2019. The Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Rajko Nedic and Predrag Micic, protopresbyter Vladimir Zamahajev, presbyter Stefan Vasiljevic, archdeacon Marko (Momcilovic), as well as deacons Ilija Tomic and Dragan Tanasijevic.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia visited Moscow over the weekend for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill as the primate of the Russian Church, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy at his Church’s representation parish of St. Nicholas of Myra on Sunday,…

Russian specialists are working on removing dead wood from the ancient Oak of Mamre in the city of Hebron on the West Bank of the Jordan River to allow for the growth of two young shoots that sprouted from the same roots several years ago, reports the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the Moscow…

The recent reports about the alleged departure of Russian, Ukrainian, and Moldovan monks from the Vatopedi Monastery that have been published in the last few hours by several media are not confirmed. Orthodoxia News Agency confirms that the monks who left the Monastery after the Ukrainian delegation’s visit to the Holy Mountain, had been staying in…

On Friday morning, January 26/ February 8, 2019, the Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr. Demetrios Paraskevopoulos visited the Patriarchate, escorted by the Secretary of his office Mr. Kremydas, and by the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr. Christos Sophianopoulos. Mr. Paraskevopoulos was received by H.H.B. our Father and…

On Saturday evening, January 20/ February 2, 2019, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos cut the New Year Cake of the Greek Community of Jerusalem at the modest ceremony which was organized at the Greek Club in West Jerusalem near the Greek Consulate. The ceremony was honoured by the presence of the…

Pavlo Klimkin , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, believes that recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian Church by Georgia is a matter of time. Klimkin stated about it in his interview with “Voice of America”. “This is a matter of time. We believe that we will gradually gain recognition from all Orthodox Churches….