NEW YORK – On Saturday, January 26, 2019, (1-3 p.m. EST), the Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is hosting the first-ever nationwide call-in Virtual Town Meeting. The Archons are prominent and dynamic members of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and are organizing this meeting on the very important issue of…

On 25 January 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR) met with H.E. Pierre Clive Agius, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Malta to the Russian Federation. They were joined at the meeting by Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, DECR secretary for far abroad countries, and…

None of the world’s Orthodox Churches except for Constantinople will send a delegation to the enthronement of Yepifaniy Dumenko, the head of Ukraine’s new church, the Moscow Patriarchate said. “None of the world’s local Orthodox Churches has recognized the church recently created by Ukrainian politicians and Phanar or congratulated its head. No one is going…

Patriarch Irinej of Serbia celebrates on 23 January 2019 his 9th enthronement anniversary. Patriarch Irinej was born on 28 August 1930 in Vidova near Čačak, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His Beatitude is the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, since 22 January 2010. His full title is His…

Bishops of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia and the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church came together this morning to celebrate the memory of the 5th-6th century founder of cenobitic monasticism St. Theodosius the Great. His Eminence Archbishop Juraj of Michalovce and Košice of Slovakia celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Church of…

A previously unheard of anarchist group calling itself the Iconoclastic Sect has claimed responsibility for the minor explosion that injured two outside an Orthodox church in Athens last month. In a statement entitled “Maldicion Eco-extremista” (eco-extremist curse) posted on a Spanish website, the group claims to be part of a federation of eco-extremists, reports ekathimerini….

Four fragments of looted frescoes from the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus were handed over to the Republic of Cyprus after they have been recovered by international NGO Walk of Truth. A special event took place on Monday at the Embassy of Cyprus in the Hague and the frescoes were accepted by Transport, Communications and…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia congratulating Mr Stefanos Tsitsipas for his success thus far in the 2019 Australian Open Tournament.

Head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Epiphanius, is awaiting recognition of the OCU from the side of the Greek Orthodox Church, after which his visit to Athens will be held for joint liturgy. “Now we expect recognition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Greek Orthodox Church….