The rite of consecration of the UOC church in the city of Zolotonosha was headed by Metropolitan Sofrony (Dmitruk) of Cherkassy and Kanev. On June 13, 2019, on the eve of the Day of the Holy Trinity, Metropolitan Sofrony of Cherkassy and Kanev, head of Cherkassy Eparchy of the UOC, consecrated a church in honor…

The Serbian Orthodox community was devastated in 2016 as their West 25th Street cathedral went up in flames on Pascha morning, leaving only a charred shell of the building that had been originally acquired from the Anglican Chrurch by St. Nicholai Velimirovic. The restored structure is intended to honor this history, combining the church’s original…

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Ambassadors from 19 countries, together with the Mayor of Plovdiv, Ivan Totev, spoke about the mosaics of the Episcopal Basilica of Plovdiv (Philippopolis), which has been restored in the framework of the excavation, restoration and presentation of the Roman mosaics, supported by the “America for Bulgaria” Foundation. The head of the “America for Bulgaria” Foundation,…

A splendid and centuries-old ceremony transferring the rotating Holy Administration of Mt. Athos, from the Hiliandar Monastery to the Monastery of Dionysius, took place on Friday. The newly appointed administration by the Monastery of Dionysius will be accompanied by representatives from another three Monasteries on the semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community.    

A recent blood donation drive by the Romanian Church was again very successful, as the initiative took place for the sixth straight year since 2013, when it began. More than 16,000 liters of blood were collected from more than 30,000 volunteers. The Romanian Orthodox Church began the initiative to boost blood donations, as the rate…

The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem this week criticized a recent decision by an Israeli high court to uphold property confiscations at Jerusalem’s Jaffa Gate, calling the ruling unfair. According to local media, the Patriarchate said its legal advisers are studying the ruling, in cooperation with international law experts, in order to consider all avenues…

The Patriarchate of Moscow hosted the fifth meeting of an inter-synod committee for cooperation between religious societies. The meeting was held at the Russian Orthodox Patriarchate’s Department of External Church Relations. The committee was established in 2014 through an initiative by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, with the Metropolitan of…

A Romanian national was arrested in the early morning hours in a remote region of the Mt. Athos peninsula, on charges of breaking into the main cathedral of the Iviron Monastery and making off with offerings bestowed on a renowned icon displayed in the Catholicos — the Panagia Portaitissa, also known as the Iviron Theotokos….