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…

Since the start of the “Program 200” project in 2010, 85 churches have been built in Moscow, with another 150 planned, program curator State Duma Deputy Vladimir Resin said, reports Interfax. The program was originally meant to build 200 churches, so everyone in the capital would have a church within walking distance, but the program…

The Russian chess grandmaster, the multiple champion of the world and one of the greatest chess players of all times, received the Order of the Holy Bishop Nicholas (Velimirovic), the highest decoration of the Diocese of Valjevo, and joined it to the series of awards in his rich career and life. The proved friend of…

‘The Feast of the Nativity of the Lord reveals God’s endless love for humans, which is above all understanding,’ the Patriarch of Romania said during the Christmas Divine Liturgy celebrated on Tuesday, December 25, at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy included His Grace Bishop Qais of Erzurum (Antioch Patriarchate), the…