Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday extended his warmest congratulations to the newly elected mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, calling on the latter to remain true to a sincere dialogue with every quarter of society, and to unswervingly respect human and minority rights.

The Cincture of the Theotokos, known as the Haghia Zoni, or Holy Sash, in Greek, on Tuesday morning morning was conveyed from the St. Nicholas monastic estate of Porto Lagos, in extreme northeast Greece, to the military base of Apostolidi, near the city of Xanthi, for veneration. The Holy Sash will then be conveyed to…

Specialists in conservation and restoration of murals by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation visited the Patriarchal Cathedral „St. Alexander Nevsky“ to draw up an expertise to help restore, preserve and restore the frescoes of the monument, reports the official website of the Patriarchal Cathedral. They will also make recommendations and consultations to…

The four Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches in the Middle East will meet a second time in Nicosia in the near future in an effort to find a solution for the ecclesial issue of Ukraine. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria addressed for the first time the issue of granting autocephaly to Ukraine in…

In February 2016, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church more than 30 locally-venerated saints for Church-wide veneration, among them St. Leonid of Ust-Neduma. Desiring to uncover the blessed one’s relics for the consolation and strengthening of the faithful, archaeological work was undertaken in February-March of last year in the Church of the Entrance…

One may congratulate His Beatitude on his Angel Day on June 24 and 25 at the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Representatives of 11 Local Churches will arrive at the celebration. On June 24 and 25, 2019, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine Onufry will lead services at the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. It is…

The first delegations of 11 Local Orthodox Churches begin to arrive in Kiev to participate in the celebration of the Name Day of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry. On June 23, 2019, delegations from the Cypriote, Polish and American Churches arrived to attend celebrations in honor of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine,…

Metropolitan Meletios of Carthage arrived in Ukraine to festivities on the occasion of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry’s Name Day. On June 24, 2019, a representative of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, Metropolitan Meletios of Carthage, arrived in Kiev, according to the Department for External Church Relations of the UOC. Metropolitan Meletios of Carthage arrived in Ukraine…

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to stop the practice of blessing weapons of mass destruction under rules that could be approved later this summer, a senior church official has said. Over the years, Russian priests have been called to bless everything from tanks and missiles to cats and metro cars. Members of a Church council…