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  The Georgian Orthodox Church on Friday called for self-restraint and the avoidance of violence, following violent clashes outside the country’s Parliament in Tbilisi on Thursday evening. Protesters were angry over the visit of Russian lawmaker Sergei Gavrilov, who was taking part in an Inter-parliamentary assembly on Orthodoxy – a body set up by the…

The Metropolitan of Kitiou, His Eminence Chrysostomos, announced his resignation this week, in an emotional address to congregants on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus. In a statement, he said “…If I purposely or inadvertently caused sadness or dismay to anyone, I apologize and, at the same time, offer my forgiveness to anyone that may…

  The reopening of the historic Sts. Constantine and Helen Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, is set for the end of September. The iconic and historic cathedral is indelibly linked with Hellenism in the Egyptian metropolis for more than a century.

  The Archbishop-elect of America, His Eminence Elpidoforos, continued his whirlwind itinerary of meetings and contacts with Church hierarchs and members of ethnic Greek communities this week, after arriving in New York City on Wednesday. Elpidoforos, who will be enthroned on Saturday at the Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Manhattan, gave a press conference on…

President Milo Djukanovic rejected calls to scrap a draft law that includes a register of religious buildings owned by Montenegro before 1918, which the Serbian Orthodox Church claims is a pretext for disputing its property holdings. President Milo Djukanovic said on Monday that he will not allow anyone to take away what belongs to Montenegro…

On June 19, 2019, the commemoration day of his heavenly patron – St. Hilarion the New and the 32th anniversary of his monastic vows, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, DECR chairman and rector of the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies (CMI), celebrated Divine Liturgy in the church of Holy Martyrs Michael and Theodore…

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR) has met with Hungary’s Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjén. Present at the meeting from the DECR were Archimandrite Philaret (Bulekov), DECR vice-chairman, and Deacon Andrey Titushkin, DECR secretariat for the far abroad. From the Hungarian side there were Mr. Péter…

Four Greek and Antiochian Orthodox churches joined forces to present a spring concert on Friday, June 14, to benefit the Holy Cross Outreach Center and its Feeding the Homeless Ministry. Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church, St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church, St. Nicholas Antiochian Cathedral and St. Nino Georgian Orthodox Church helped sponsor the event that…