Statement on the Recent Attack in Thousand Oaks, California
On November 8, 2018, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America posted this official statement on their website:
Deeply saddened...
Feast of Saint James in Jerusalem
On Monday November 5th / October 23rd, 2018, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Saint James, the Brother of the Lord, in...
Metropolitan Jonah protests against US State Department interference in Ukraine
Metropolitan Jonah, former primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA), protests against US State Department interference in the affairs of the Orthodox Church...
Statement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of...
New York: October 18, 2018
Statement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia
The Synod of Bishops of the Russian...
A new reliquary for Saint Savvas
On September 30/ October 13, 2018, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Holy Lavra of Saint Savvas the Sanctified by Patriarch Theophilos of...
Statement of the Holy Synod of Antioch
Concerning the Current Developments in the Orthodox World
The Holy Synod of Antioch met in the Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchal Monastery, Lebanon, (October 3-6,...
1,000th Anniversary of the founding of the Ohrid Archdiocese
2018 marks the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of the Ohrid Archdiocese (1018) by the Byzantine emperor Basil II.
The major celebration of this event...
Message of the 9th Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of...
As mentioned earlier here, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America convened its ninth annual meeting today in Cleveland,...
After Church protests, Georgian authorities postponed a law on marijuana
Over 80% of the Georgian population approve of the Orthodox Church and its principles. This has been illustrated a couple of days ago, as...
Hagia Sophia Museum will not get the status of a mosque
The Turkish Supreme Court rejected a request from one of the religious groups. They had asked for the historical museum of Hagia Sophia to...
Patriarch Bartholomew’s address to the Synaxis of Hierarchs in Constantinople
Invited by Patriarch Bartholomew, more than 100 metropolitans and archbishops (Ecumenical Patriarchate) from around the world gathered in Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) to participate in...
The Patriarchate of Constantinople will allow a second marriage for priests
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople made the historic decision to allow priests to remarry, says the Romfea website. An official text...
Elder Amphilochios: a new Orthodox Saint
At its August 29 session, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate added Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos to the list of saints.
Elder Amphilochios...
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Canada celebrates its 100th Anniversary
This past July, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada launched a series of events on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
An icon of the...
Saint John the New Chosebite celebrated in Judea
Saint John the New Chosebite, also known as Saint John of Neamț, was glorified by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Romania...
The Orthodox Church in Uganda
How familiar are you with the history of the Orthodox Church in Africa?
Did you know that Uganda was the first sub-Saharan African country where...
Dr. Ionuţ-Alexandru Tudorie named Academic Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary
Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary has appointed Dr. Ionuţ-Alexandru Tudorie to the position of Academic Dean. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees selected Dr. Tudorie,...
Centenary of the martyrdom of the Holy Grand Duchess Elizabeth in Jerusalem
The centenary of the martyrdom of the Grand Duchess Elizabeth and the nun Barbara was commemorated on July 18 at the St. Mary Magdalene...
Blessing of a second Orthodox church at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro
On Sunday, July 8, in a remote area near the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, a second Orthodox church was consecrated, this time dedicated to...
Vladimirovo Russian Village finds new life in Illinois
After World War II, a Russian-speaking settlement was founded 113 miles West of Chicago, near Rock City, Illinois. In the 1960s, Archbishop Seraphim of...
Chinese Orthodox students can now attend Russian seminaries
After many difficult decades for Orthodox Christians in China, things are slowly changing. For instance, the first Chinese Orthodox priest in sixty years was...
When Mount Athos meets Africa
Tribal King Tchiffi Zie Jean Gervais of Korou (Ivory Coast, Africa) was recently baptized Orthodox on Mount Athos. His new baptismal name is David....
New monument blessed at Novo-Diveevo Convent, NY
After the Divine Liturgy concelebrated by several hierarchs and His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, a new monument dedicated to Saint Seraphim of Sarov was blessed...
Andry Parouby, Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, was received by Patriarch Theophilos III of...
Andry Parouby, Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, was received by Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem. The meeting was part of the official visit of...
Repose of Protopresbyter Valery Lukyanov, the ROCOR oldest priest
On May 25 reposed Protopresbyter Valery Lukyanov, the ROCOR oldest priest. Father Valery was born in China in 1927. Because of the war, he...
Prospects of a bilateral commission between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ethiopian...
On 17 May 2018, the feast of the Ascension of the Lord, after the Divine Liturgy His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All...
Christians feel threatened by settlers in Jerusalem’s Old City
Christian believers feel physically, verbally, and emotionally threatened in Jerusalem’s Old City.
Jewish settlers have been adopting harder laws, such as heavy taxes, and measures...
A new version of the Book of Hours in Chinese
A new Chinese version of the Book of Hours was just published to meet the needs of daily liturgical worship. The Book of Hours...
Holy Trinity Jordanville Seminary will offer a Master in Divinity next school year
So far, students at the ROCOR Jordanville Seminary, New York, were able to receive a Bachelor’s Degree in Theology.
On April 10, the Board of...
Consecration of Sainte-Photinie church in Pointe Noire (Congo Brazzaville)
On May 6, Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the church Sainte-Photinie, in Mpaka, in the suburbs of Pointe-Noire, was consecrated. It will be the...
Meeting of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, which met under the presidency of Patriarch John X at the Balamand monastery, finished its work....
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