Members of a relevant Parliament committee deliberating over constitutional revision proposals, on Wednesday discussed current articles dealing with Church-state relations, as well as the prospect of a mandatory political oath. As expected, rapporteurs for ruling New Democracy party, nevertheless, emphasized that there is no need to revise articles dealing with Church-state relations. According to deputy…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Dionysius, the patron saint of the city of Athens, judges and the judiciary. St. Dionysius was one of the most significant figures of the early Christian era, serving as a bishop of Athens. A celebratory Vespers service was held on Tuesday at the St. Dionysius Cathedral in…

The Holy Resurrection Serbian Orthodox Church of Steubenville marked their 113th Slava on Sunday September 29th. The Church also celebrated the 76th anniversary of their choir, Petar Krstich. They welcomed the choir of St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church of Steelton with their priest Fr. Christopher Rocknage and his family, who sang and served for the…

It was announced last month that Bishop Iakovos of Miletoupolis had been appointed by Australia’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios as the first ever resident Greek Orthodox Bishop in Queensland. “I am very happy and humbled to be asked and entrusted by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios with this opportunity and responsibility,” Bishop Iakovos told Neos Kosmos….

On Tuesday, September 18/ October , 2019, the new school year was blessed at the Patriarchal School of the Patriarchate at the Hill of Zion with the blessing of the water, which was officiated by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, escorted by the Chairman of the School Board Most Reverend Archbishop Isidoros…

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I has received the Plaque of St Erik for his commitment to religious freedom, human rights and care for creation. Church of Sweden Archbishop Dr Antje Jackelén presented the award on 1 October during the Orthodox church leader’s visit to the Lutheran church. The citation reads: “His All Holiness, Archbishop of Constantinople,…

A senior delegation from the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, visited the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza on Thursday and met with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Alexios and Issa Tarazi, the head of the refugee committee of the Near East Council of Churches. The church is named after Saint Porphyry, who was Bishop of Gaza…

On September 26, 2019, the Summer Institute for representatives of the Church of England completed its work in Moscow. It was organized by the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute for Post-Graduate Studies (CMI) and supported by the Russkiy Mir foundation. The institute organized for the attendees visits to Synodal departments and theological schools of the…

From September 27-29, 2019, the choir of the Cathedral of the Epiphany, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and His Beatitude Metropolitan Rostislav of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, gave recitals in Slovakia and Czechia. The choir was conducted by the cathedral’s chief precentor Alexander Majorov. The tour…