In the midst of the Christmas celebration at St. Demetrios in Astoria on December 20, the school’s tremendous prospects for further development through the $25 million donation from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) were noted by Chairman of the School Board Nick Andriotis. In his remarks, he noted how the donation will help the school…

It’s another boondoggle at the World Trade Center site, and this time the Port Authority wants to play the white knight. The bi-state agency, which took 12 years and spent $4 billion to build the Oculus transportation hub, is ready to step in and rescue a half-built Greek Orthodox church and shrine at the corner…

The actions of the Patriarchate in Constantinople in Ukraine over the past few months could have disastrous consequences for the future of all Orthodoxy, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral said during the Sunday service in the Church of St. Nicholas in Bandić, Montenegro. The love of power is one of the…

President Pyotr Poroshenko has signed into law a bill compelling the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to specify its affiliation with the Russian Orthodox Church in its name, a statement on the presidential website said. The bill “On changes to the Ukrainian law on the freedom of conscience and religious organizations,” approved by parliament on December 20,…

Despite the authorities’ pressure on the Church, the UOC maintains a positive trend by all statistical indicators. Compared to 2017, the number of parishes of the UOC has increased. This is evidenced by data published in the report of the UOC Chancellor Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary. In 2018, the number of parishes of…

This year in his Christmas message, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, stressed that the Nativity of the Lord is the celebration of „gifts offered to children, the elderly, orphans, the sick and lonely, but also to all our dear ones”. 2018 Nativity message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania The…

The Belarusian Orthodox Church has decided at a general assembly of the Minsk Diocese to declare the Autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church schismatic. The relevant decision was published on the official website of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. “The so-called Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine headed by so-called Metropolitan Epiphaniy of Kiev and All Ukraine shall be…

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN ARCHDIOCESE OF BYBLOS, BOTRIS AND DEPENDENCIES (MOUNT LEBANON) Broumana (Lebanon), Nativity 2018 Pastoral Message for the Nativity of our Lord of H.E. Metropolitan Silouan of Byblos, Botris and dependencies “Where the Christ was to be born?” (Matthew 2: 4) While we celebrate the feast of the Incarnation of our Lord, I feel ashamed…

The annual diocesan meeting of the Moscow Diocese was held on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 at Christ the Savior Cathedral under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, at which the Russian primate touched upon the egregious interference of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in the internal life of the Ukrainian…