On February 10, 2019, the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church, Metropolitan Sergiy of Singapore and South-East Asia, head of the Patriarchal Exarchate in South-East Asia, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Singapore. It is the first service of…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message of greetings to the organizers, participants and guests of the Global Conference of Human Fraternity that took place in Abu Dhabi on 3-4 February 2019. Dear participants in the conference, I extend my cordial greetings to all those who have gathered together in…

A controversial opinion purported to be from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod urging a ban on terminations of pregnancy, for religion to be a compulsory subject in schools, no sex education, and opposing the full ban on corporal punishment in schools, has been deleted from the church’s official website. The opinion, posted in response…

Greek Orthodox faithful from the island of Chios traveled to the Turkish port of Cesme (Krini), for a rare Divine Liturgy held at Saint Charalambos church on Sunday. Sunday was the feast day of the hieromartyr Saint Charalambos, who was tortured and died for refusing to burn incense to pagan gods. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew performed…

Ukraine’s successor to the KGB and counterintelligence and anti-terrorism agency has announced a criminal case against the Kiev Caves Lavra, in connection with the supposed loss of 10 museum items not found during a recent audit. Unlike other former USSR nations, the Ukrainian state has not returned many of the most valuable Church sites to…

Repairs and restoration work on the landmark Alexander Nevsky cathedral in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia would cost about four million leva (about two million euro), according to an interdepartmental commission. A statement by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church’s governing body, the Holy Synod, said that the interdepartmental commission on repairing and restoring the cathedral had held its…

Former Turkish Minister for European Affairs and close associate of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Egemen Bagis characterised Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ visit to Turkey “A good visit that has the potential to develop into a very successful “success story” for both parts”, speaking to Athens-Macedonian News Agency on Saturday. He estimated that the…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of Saint Demetrius in New Belgrade on 10th February 2019. The Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Rajko Nedic and Predrag Micic, protopresbyter Vladimir Zamahajev, presbyter Stefan Vasiljevic, archdeacon Marko (Momcilovic), as well as deacons Ilija Tomic and Dragan Tanasijevic.

His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia visited Moscow over the weekend for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill as the primate of the Russian Church, where he celebrated the Divine Liturgy at his Church’s representation parish of St. Nicholas of Myra on Sunday,…