The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced on Monday, July 15, 2019 that an independent audit of the St. Iakovos Retreat Center has been completed. “The audit of the St. Iakovos Retreat Center is just one example of the Metropolis of Chicago’s commitment to transparency and accountability to the community—a commitment that will be continuous…

Relics of Saint Peter and Fevronia, the patrons of family and marriage in Orthodoxy, were transported to Moscow from the town of Murom on July 14. Pilgrims will be able to see the shrine and pray to the relics in Christ the Savior Cathedral from July 14 to July 21. Huge queues formed when St….

A miracle occurred on July 9, the feast of the Lviv Tikhvin Weeping Icon of the Mother of God, as a copy of the wonderworking icon began to stream myrrh. The Lviv Tikhvin Icon is kept in the Cathedral of St. George in Lviv, and the myrrh-streaming copy is located at the Church of St….

Head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan Hilarion believes that old concept “Moscow is the third Rome” is outdated and cannot be referred to present-day Moscow. “I don’t think that today we can use concepts that were formulated many centuries ago, they reflected a certain historical reality, but can…

Last November, Fr. Mark Tyson left the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (ACROD), a jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in America, and joined the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) due to his concerns over the Patriarchate’s invasion of Ukrainian Church territory. He was soon followed by Fr. Nectarios Trevino. Two parishes left Constantinople’s Archdiocese of Russian…

On November 29, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople announced its decision to glorify among the saints the holy Martyr and Confessor John of Sonkajanranta (1884-1918) at the proposal of the Finnish Orthodox Church, an autonomous body within the Patriarchate. Johannes Vasilinpoika Karhapää was an Orthodox missionary who was killed by the White Guards…

They participated in a Training Program of the Academy of Theological Studies of the Holy Metropolis of Dimitriados and Almyros in Greece “Among Orthodox Christians, dialogue and the struggle for the protection of human rights are duties that derive from the core of our faith,” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said in his speech after the Divine…

The Romanian Patriarchate has announced that the Patriarchal Cross Order will be awarded to Wimbledon 2019 Champion Simona Halep. The following is the press release issued by the Romanian Patriarchate:   The Romanian tennis player Simona Halep has long become a symbol of international sporting performance, culminating in winning the Wimbledon 2019 trophy, the oldest and…

The Holy Metropolis of Pisidia announces with great joy that the Ordination of His Grace AMBROSIOS, Bishop-Elect of Evdokias (Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan of Pisidia), will take place at St. Alypios Orthodox Church in Antalya, on Sunday July 21st,   during the Divine Liturgy. His All-Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew  will preside over the…