The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, was honored with a commemorative medal this week by the Romanian government for the Church’s participation in the promotion of national memory and values. The medal was bestowed on His Beatitude by presidential adviser Sergiu Nistor. Immediately afterwards, the Romanian Patriarch expressed his appreciation for recognition of…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, continued his official visit this week to the United Arab Emirates. On Tuesday, His Beatitude was received by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The Patriarch of Antioch was accompanied by Bishop Gregorios Khoury and Elias Al-Warraq,…

Sessions of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece for the month of December began today and will continue until Friday, with hierarchs of the Holy Synod expected to deal only with issues on the agenda.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday afternoon, amid the thronal celebration on the occasion of the feast day of Andrew, the First-Called Apostle, received a delegation of mayors from Greece’s largest municipalities. The mayors of Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos, arrived in the ancient…

The Church today venerates the memory Philaret the Merciful of Amnia, who lived in Asia Minor in the eighth century. Today is also the feast day of Nahum the Prophet.

On Sunday, 28 November 2021, His Grace Bishop Sava of Marca celebrated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the prayerful presence of the host, His Grace Bishop David of Krusevac, in the Cathedral church of Holy Great Martyr George in Krusevac. The Bishop was concelebrated by Secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops protosynchellos Nektarije, head…

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, attended on 27 November 2021, the Sunday’s festal vesper service on the Eve of the beginning of the Nativity Fast in the chapel of Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade. The service was attended by professors and students of the…

Another soup kitchen for the poor and needy has been opened by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, the Vidin Metropolis recently founded and opened a kitchen for those in need in the northwestern town, reports Dobrotoliubie.  The kitchen will operate at the Metropolitan Church of…

While abortion tragically remains legal and a serious problem in Russia, the Ministry of Health issued an order last week that can be welcomed by Orthodox Christians. According to the order, doctors are now prohibited from trying to persuade parents to have an abortion or abandon their child in cases where disabilities are detected or…