On 3 February 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, who had attended the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the primatial ministry of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, completed his visit to Russia. Accompanying His Beatitude were Metropolitan Basilyos of Akkar; Metropolitan Jacques of Buenos Aires and All Argentina; Metropolitan Niphon…

On 3 February 3 2019, His Beatitude Rostislav, Metropolitan of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, completed his visit to the Russian Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Rostislav had attended the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the primatial ministry of His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia. Accompanying His Beatitude were Archbishop George of Michalovce…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Ankara on Tuesday afternoon, at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to attend a dinner in honour of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the Presidential Mansion. This is the first time that Ankara has invited the Ecumenical Patriarch to an official dinner in honour of a Greek…

Visoki Dečani, a 14th century Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Kosovo (known as Kosovo and Metohija in the Serbian tradition), has unveiled a new website in English and several other languages. The long-awaited site contains regularly updated news about the life of the monastery in Serbia’s turbulent breakaway region of Kosovo, along with many scans of…

The current Ukrainian crisis has a far-reaching impact, well beyond the borders of Ukraine. Of course, the hierarchs, clergy, and faithful in Ukraine are the first affected and are experiencing increasing pressure and violence, but the issue also touches every Local Orthodox Church. Each Orthodox Church must now decide if they will recognize the so-called…

We label those around us according to what exists in our soul, depending on the frustrations living inside us, but God looks at the heart,’ Bishop Ignatie of Husi said on Sunday. ‘We are very cruel, we judge very harshly. Christ always rejoices over the return of a sinner and stands by him when he…

Representatives of local Orthodox Churches and of other Christian communities to the European institutions, diplomats, members of the European Parliament, members and friends of the Romanian community in Brussels gathered at St Nicholas Church in the capital of Belgium to offer prayers for the success of the Romanian Presidency of the EU Council on Wednesday…

While recognizing that there are rare but serious medical instances where mother and child may require extraordinary actions, the Assembly of Bishops is deeply concerned that the taking of innocent life through abortion has become an acceptable cultural norm.’ The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has released a statement…

On Monday, February 4, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the 94th anniversary since its elevation to the rank of patriarchate. On February 4, 1925, the Holy Synod gathered in Bucharest and resolved the establishment of the Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate, following Romania’s Great Union achieved in 1918. The first person who advocated for the elevation of…