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Antiochian Patriarchate responds to reports about kidnapped Bishops
The Antiochian Orthodox Church has issued an official statement on the recent reports concerning the fate of the two missing Syrian bishops, Boulos...
Feast of Three Holy Hierarchs no longer a School Holiday in Greece
The Three Holy Hierarchs—Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—are the patron saints of schools and education for the O...
The Three Holy Hierarchs—Sts. Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chrysostom—are the patron saints of schools and education for the O...
Metropolitan Tikhon (OCA) Sends Letter of Support to Patriarch Irinej
In a letter dated January 7, 2020, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon addressed a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia concerning the ...
In a letter dated January 7, 2020, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon addressed a letter to His Holiness Patriarch Irinej of Serbia concerning the ...
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More than 10,000 Montenegrin Faithful Gather to Prayerfully Protect Their Churches
The Orthodox faithful of Montenegro continue to raise their voices against the scandalous new law that gives the state the authority to seize Churc...
Patriarche John X, Calling to form a rescue government that would to pull the country and the pe...
His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the Greek Orthodox Church, called to hurry in forming a Lebanese government. His Bea...
Press release from the Episcopal Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro
Following the promulgation of the law robbing the churches and ecclesiastical goods of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, the members of the Episco...
An initiative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem for a meeting of primates of the local Orthodox Churches
We have just received a press release (read below) from the office of the Patriarchate of Antioch which informs us of the initiative of the Patriar...
Patriarch Bartholomew confirms the creation of the Vicariate of Russian tradition in France
In a message to the priests, monks, and nuns of the Vicariate of the Russian tradition, Saint Mary of Paris and Saint Alexis the Just, Patriarch Ba...
Two archpriests of the Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe are appointed t...
During its session of December 26, 2019, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to complete the composition of the Inter-Council Con...
ROC Synod evaluates the recognition of OCU by Alexandrian Patriarchate
The ROC expressed deep sorrow due to the anti-canonical actions of Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria and confirmed the non-commemoration of his n...
Pastoral Letter on the feast of the Nativity of our Lord – 2019 of H.E. Metropolitan Siloua...
The Church-Manger: The Visitation of God and the Visitation of Man
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill: restoration of unity is a testimony not to human wisdom, but to th...
On 3rd November 2019, an official reception on the occasion of the reunification of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in We...
Statement of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church
On 17th October 2019, during a session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, a statement was adopted concerning the situation that aros...
Statement Issued by the Holy Synod of Patriarchate of Antioch
The Holy Synod of Antioch, chaired by His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, held its eleventh ordinary session on October 3-...
Metropolitan Epiphanes thanks the Church of Greece
I am grateful to my Brother in Christ, His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, President of the Holy Synod of the Church of G...
Greek hierarchs to gather in extraordinary session to consider Archbishop’s proposal on Ukraine
While the Ukrainian question was not on the agenda of the Ordinary Assembly of the Orthodox Church of Greece set for October 8-11, 2019, an extraor...
Archdiocese of Russian Churches of Western Europe officially received into Moscow Patriarchate
The Archdiocese of Russian Churches of Western Europe under His Eminence Archbishop John of Dubna, formerly an exarchate of the Patriarchate of Con...
The Pastoral Assembly of the Archdiocese of Orthodox Churches of Russian Tradition in Western Eur...
It was with a vote of approval that the clergy of the Archdiocese, gathered in a pastoral assembly on September 28 in the Saint Alexander Nevsky Ca...
OCU puts pressure on Romanian-speaking believers of UOC
OCU representatives exert heavy pressure on the Romanian-speaking citizens of Ukraine, forcing them to join the “Romanian Vicariate” of the OCU.
ROCOR: A regular session of the Synod of Bishops is held
On Monday, September 23, 2019, a regular session of the Synod of Bishops was held, chaired by His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America...
Russian TV series on St. Matrona available with English subtitles on YouTube
The Blessed Saint Matrona is one of the most beloved Muscovite saints, who lived and worked miracles in our times, and her story and relics are che...
Communiqué from the Archbishop’s Office on the Pastoral Letter of Archbishop Jean Renneteau
To Clerics, monks and all the faithful of the Archdiocese On the night of September 14 to 15, 2019, following the communiqué of the Archbishop’s Of...
The Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod integrates the head of the Archdiocese of the Western Euro...
On September 14, 2019, the Holy Synod considered an appeal from Archbishop John (Renneteau), head of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes o...
Archbishop Jean (Renneteau): “I decided to set up our Archdiocese, of the canonical obedien...
Letter, declaration and decision of Archbishop Jean (Renneteau) for the Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe.
Communiqué of the Diocesan Administration of September 10, 2019
An extraordinary general meeting of our Archdiocese was held on Saturday, September 7, 2019 to discuss the future of the Archdiocese, in accordance...
Archbishop of Albania re-elected honorary president of Religions for Peace International
The worldwide religious community recognizes the role of the Archbishop Anastasios of the Albanian Orthodox Church in guaranteeing international peace
Communiqué of the Office of the Archbishop of 5 September 2019
In view of the interventions that have developed since the publication of the documents presented by our Archbishop in preparation for the Extraord...
New composition of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
The composition of the new Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate was announced
Message of His All-Holiness, Patriarch Bartholomew, for the Day of Prayer for the Protection of t...
+ B A R T H O L O M E WBy God’s MercyArchbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical PatriarchTo All the Plenitude of the ChurchGrace, Peace a...
The decisions of the Holy Synod of Ecumenical Patriarchate
The meeting of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which took place on Thursday and Friday, August 29 and 30, in the Holy Tri...
Official comments of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church representative on the results of the meeting o...
The decision of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece regarding the recognition of the new сhurch structure in Ukraine was commented by the Deputy...
The Synod of the Church of Greece recognizes the Ecumenical Patriarch’s right to issue the status...
The issue of recognition of the status of Autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church appears to have been referred to the Holy Synod of the Hierarchy, fol...
Keynote Address By Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the 10th World Assembly of Religions for P...
August 21, 2019 Lindau, Germany, 20-23 August 2019 Your Excellency Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the Federal Republic of Germany,Disting...
Orthodox monastery being repaired, expanded in Syrian city of Saidnaya
Situated about 17 miles north of Damascus, the small city of Saidnaya remains one of Syria’s largest centers of Christian pilgrimage. It is home to...
Orthodox Church is most trusted institution in Bulgaria
While there are problems with its public image, the Orthodox Church is nevertheless the most trusted institution in Bulgaria, according to a new&nb...
This papyrus contains the oldest Marian prayer known to date
he earliest known Marian prayer, like the Gospels themselves, is written in Greek. That is why, in it, the Virgin Mary is called Θεοτοκος, “th...
Thousands of orthodox Christians rally against barbaric Australian abortion draft law
Sydney’s Martin Place was packed with pro-life demonstrators last night, protesting a proposed bill to decriminalize abortion that awaits considera...
