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15.02.2019 | 16:10
More reports of arrests, persecution of Christians in Iran
Almost daily arrests of Christians in Iran, along with the jailing of priests, are the latest reports out of the Middle East country. Members of the shrinking Christian communities that remain in the country are reportedly observing sacraments in private, under the fear of arrest and attacks by Islamists. According to reports, such instances of…
15.02.2019 | 16:06
‘Thorns’ remain in ongoing Church-state dialogue
A new meeting, probably on Tuesday, is expected to take place between members of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s standing Holy Synod and the Greek education and religious affairs minister. Indications from the dialogue between the two sides so far shows that the Church is not willing to back down from its positions…
15.02.2019 | 11:28
Reactions continue against effort to revise constitutional Art. 3 regarding Church-state relations
A second vote in Greece’s parliament over a revision of Article 3 of the country’s constitution – which delineates Church-state relations – is set for March 13. Church sources that spoke to the Orthodoxia news agency after the first vote on Thursday afternoon referred to the possibility of initiatives by high-ranking ecclesiastical leaders and…
15.02.2019 | 11:28
The Good to Know’ online magazine is now available for download
The first issue of ‘The Good to Know’ online magazine of the Basilica News Agency is now available for download. This project initially started in 2017 was named ‘The Basilica monthly review,’ and was published at the beginning of every month until its rebranding this year. What you are about to look through is the…
14.02.2019 | 12:57
IOCC Wine Tasting Event
This past weekend, four Orthodox Churches from Bergen County, NJ hosted a wine tasting to benefit IOCC (International Orthodox Christian Charities) in Bergenfield, NJ. Fr. Djokan from the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. John the Baptist in Paterson, along with the Greek Orthodox Church St. John the Theologian, the Holy Apostles OCA Church and the…
14.02.2019 | 12:52
His Grace Bishop Maxim Celebrates St. Sava with Phoenix Faithful
The all-day celebration started with welcoming His Grace by our Church’s beautiful front entrance gate, where he was met by 7-year-old Jelena Beric, who presented him with a bouquet of flowers. Fr.Dragomir, the Stevan Hristic Choir and many faithful joyfully came forward to receive a blessing from His Grace while the procession continued to the…
14.02.2019 | 12:49
Richard Upjohn’s 1851 Trinity Chapel – The Serbian Cathedral of St. Sava
Here were married Rhinelanders and Gardiners. Edith Wharton walked down the aisle here. Between 1887 and 1895 there were three Astor funerals – Mrs. John Jacob Astor, William Astor and Mrs. William Waldorf Astor. When former senator Roscoe Conkling died from exposure, having gotten lost in the Great Blizzard of 1888, the church was filled…
14.02.2019 | 12:38
14th episcopal consecration anniversary of His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III
His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates on 14 February 2019 his 14th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952. He arrived in Jerusalem in…
13.02.2019 | 16:59
Constantinople’s goal is to impose its authority over the entire Church—Met. Daniil of Bulgarian Church
The actions of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, including in Ukraine, show that it’s more important for Patriarch Bartholomew to impose his power over the Orthodox Church than to find consent and unity, His Eminence Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church stated to RIA-Novosti yesterday. Met. Daniil has spoken out against Constantinople’s interference…
