The Divine Liturgy marked the beginning of the new 2019/2020 academic academic year at the Theological Faculty of Sofia University. With the blessing of His Holiness the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte the Holy Liturgy was celebrated by His Holiness the Bishop of Melnik Gerasim. Bishop Gerasim sent greetings and blessings on behalf of His Holiness Patriarch…

The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, received the US ambassador to the country, Justin Freedman. In his statements, the Bulgarian Patriarch reminded that the Orthodox Church backs all the positive initiatives in the country, while also referring to the Bulgarian expatriates in the United States.  

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Monday that Bosnia and Herzegovina must take “all necessary measures” to remove a Serbian Orthodox church that was built in the courtyard of a Muslim woman expelled from her village during the country’s 1992-95 war. The court ruled that the 1998 church construction had been illegal and constituted…

A persecution analyst has told Premier that Christianity is growing in China despite 70 years of the government clamping down on religious freedom. The Communist Party celebrated its 70th year in power on Tuesday as the government takes steps toward continuing to tighten its control over religious minorities. Christian charity Open Doors said a draft…

From September 23-26, 2019, the 2nd International Conference of New Testament researchers devoted to the Gospel of St. Mark was held at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI). For four days, leading biblical scholars from Russia, Europe and America discussed the findings of over fifteen studies on the historical and theological…

Download the flyer​ World Food Day was especially designed to heighten public awareness of hunger issues in North America and around the world. ​The Archdiocese is one of the sponsoring organizations on​ the International Committee for this yearly observance, along with hundreds of other voluntary food and agriculture organizations throughout the United States and 150 countries around the world. For…

On Monday, September 30, 2019, His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Gulu and Eastern Uganda, upon his invite, welcomed a team of two friends of the Mission from Thessaloniki – Greece; Mr. Charalambos Mttallidis the president of Orthodox Missionary Fraternity and Mr. Nikolaos a journalist. Their purpose is to do a documentary on the history…

On September 27, 2019, Metropolitan Feofan of Kazan and Tatarstan met with a Chinese official delegation led by Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Mr. Li Zhanshu. It is the first official visit to be made by a Chinese politician to Russia as head of the Chinese parliament. The aim of…

The whole planet wants the freedom of eternal happiness, but most people seek it where it is not and seek it in an inappropriate way. The law of freedom teaches the whole truth. Many read about freedom in a theoretical way, but few really understand it, and these only in the degree to which they…