Every Orthodox Christian is gifted by God with the free will to choose whether to get vaccinated or not. However, people should realize that they are responsible for their own health and the health of others, Metropolitan Naum of Ruse wrote on a social network, reported BNT. “Any suggestions causing fear and making people feel…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch met with the President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic in the building of the Presidency of the Republic of Serbia in Belgrade, on February 24, 2021. After the meeting with Patriarch Porfirije, President Aleksandar Vucic said that they discussed all important issues in the relations between the…

Under the High Patronage of His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, His Eminence the Most Reverend Athanasios Metropolitan of Limassol presents a keynote lecture: The Elder St. Ephrem of Katounakia’s Teaching on Priesthood…

In the early February 2021, the Department of Charity of the Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam started rendering humanitarian aid to destitute families in the city of Bacoor – a suburb of the Philippine capital. Now children from these families can receive hot meals and clothes and footwear once in three months. Local volunteers…

This time last year, the faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, facing persecution from their own government, were taking to the streets by the hundreds of thousands several times a week to defend their religious rights and protect their holy sites from the state’s greedy eye. Now, under the new government that came…

On February 24, 2021, the round table of the Churches in Europe working group of the Russia-Germany public forum ‘St. Petersburg Dialogue’ held a virtual meeting to discuss the theme ‘The Pandemic and Its Influence on Churches in Russia and Germany: Challenges and Consequences’. The event was attended by representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church…

The Romanian Orthodox Church marked the commemorative year of the Romanian philanthropists (2020) through concrete activities, said Patriarch Daniel in his opening remarks at the National Church Assembly’s meeting at the Patriarchate Palace on Wednesday. “We did not start with the history of philanthropists, but with the deeds of philanthropy, because it was necessary to…

Baghdad (Agenzia Fides) – “Iraq is not Iraq without Christians”, said Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi on Thursday 18 February, receiving the members of the Council of Heads of Christian communities present in the country. “We Iraqis” remarked the Prime Minister during the meeting “are strong in our cultural and religious plurality, and we will…

As we serve our parishes within evolving pandemic guidelines, it is important to keep our focus on ministry, community, and finances. This forces us to think outside the box, engaging and educating our faithful and inquirers in ways we may have never considered. These new and creative approaches could serve our parishes well after the…