The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a telegram of support to Archbishop Ireneos of Crete, on the occasion of the devastating earthquake that struck the island of Crete on Monday, September 27, 2021. In His telegram, the Ecumenical Patriarch stated that the Mother Church prays and invokes divine help for those affected by the earthquake and…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada congratulates all candidates and elected parliamentarians who put their names forward to serve in public office during the September 20, 2021 General Election. In particular, the Archdiocese extends its best wishes to all Greek-Canadian candidates, as well as to the four elected Members of Parliament of Hellenic descent: Niki…

The Orthodox Church continues to grow rapidly throughout the African continent. Mass Baptisms are more the rule than the exception there, with even whole villages converting at times. Last week, OrthoChristian reported on the Tanzanian village of Mobe, where all or most of the village has turned to Christ in His Church. And on Saturday,…

A three-barred Orthodox cross has been erected and blessed on Dominica, marking the future site of the Caribbean island nation’s first Orthodox church. The cross was blessed by Hieromonk Ambrose (Sitalo), who is based in Grenada but also serves throughout the Caribbean. Fr. George Maximov, a missionary priest based in Moscow, reports: An Orthodox cross…

Another martyr for Christ was added to the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church last week. After hearing a report on the petition of His Eminence Metropolitan Mark of Vyatka and Sloboda, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church resolved to include the name of Archimandrite Gennady (Parfentiev) in the…

On Sunday, September 26, a new bishop was consecrated for the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The newly-consecrated Bishop Michael (Dilovsky) of Constantia will serve as vicar to the ruling hierarch in Lovech, His Eminence Metropolitan Gabriel, one of the most beloved and respected hierarchs of the Bulgarian Church. The service was led by Met. Gabriel, together…

A newly built Orthodox church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the Lomami province, was dedicated last Sunday by the Metropolitan of Kananga, His Eminence Theodosios, with the blessing of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II.    …

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Monday spoke via the Internet with clerics and parishioners of the Cathedral of the Elevation of the True Cross in the Caucasus country of Georgia. Further to the south, the Holy Monastery of St. Neophytos the Recluse in Paphos, Cyprus,…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, over the weekend visited the National Village Museum in Bucharest, on the occasion of Romanian Village Day, which is annually commemorated on the last Sunday of September. During his visit and tour of the museum, His Beatitude was briefed over the institution’s’ scope and initiatives by its…