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...
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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...
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...
The Orthodox faithful of Montenegro continue to raise their voices against the scandalous new law that gives the state the authority to seize Churc...
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...
Following the promulgation of the law robbing the churches and ecclesiastical goods of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, the members of the Episco...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
Romanian Church hopes to open a monastery in Ireland
The Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Southern and Western Europe has published an official appeal to faithful Orthodox Christians to offer their pra...
2019 Oxford Conference: “Scholars, pastors, policy makers gather to discuss Orthodoxy, sex,...
An international academic gathering of scholars, pastors, clinicians, and other expertstook place in Oxford from 16th to 19th August, at which cont...
Metropolitan Onuphrius expresses support for persecuted faithful of Montenegro, Serbian and Ukrai...
On the great feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, His Grace Bishop Viktor of Baryshevka of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church concelebrated the Div...
Petition to support Archbishop Jean (Renneteau)
A petition to support Archbishop Jean (Renneteau), in French, English and Russian, has been posted on this page.
115th anniversary of birth of Royal Martyr Tsarevich Alexei to be marked with moleben for hemophi...
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov is perhaps history’s best-known hemophiliac, besides being venerated throughout the Orthodox world as a passio...
The Russian Orthodox Church criticizes the project of ‘futuristic’ church in Moscow
Head of the Russian Orthodox Church expert committee on church art, architecture and restoration Archpriest Leonid Kalinin says that the Patriarcha...
Zelensky promises Patriarch Bartholomew: state won’t interfere in church affairs
The Ukrainian state will defend the independence of the Church, President Vladimir Zelensky said. “Our common value is human life. This is th...
New Abbot of Monastery of St John the Baptist, near Essex, elected
Hiero-monk Petros Vryzas has been elected as the new abbot of the Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist, near Essex, in England.
Ecumenical Patriarch bestowed ECOS 2019 award
The ECOS 2019 award was bestowed on Friday to Ecumenical Patriarch of the Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, for his exceptional leade...
Filaret calls on his flock to protest against Epiphany
The head of Kiev Patriarchate believes that liquidation of the UOC-KP will lead to destruction of Ukrainian statehood, while Epiphany Dumenko is be...
Roman Catholic Mass served on the grounds of the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Novo Brdo
Diocese of Raska-Prizren expresses serious disappointment and protest
Ecumenical Patriarch will visit Mount Athos in October
The August 3, a Delegation of the Holy Community of Mount Athos, consisting of Monk Nikodemos Lavriotis, Monk Nikodemos Agiopavlitis and Hieromonk ...
Metropolitan Amphilochios: Jerusalem – mother of all Churches not Rome or Constantinople
Metropolitan Amphilochios claims the Church should return to the system that was before Emperor Constantine, and all issues should be resolved by t...
Metropolitan Amphilochios ‘s interview with the TASS agency
Metropolitan Amphilochios : Jerusalem's mother of all Churches not Rome or Constantinople
