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Byzantine-style frescoes and icons now decorate the St. Isaac the Syrian Orthodox Cathedral in Doha, Qatar. According to the periodical Orthodox Word, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude, Theophilos III, toured the Cathedral in February. The icons were painted by hagiographers from the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Chrysopigi,…

A new cathedral on Cyprus will be built by the Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church, it was announced this week, following a meeting in Tbilisi by the visiting president of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, with the President of Georgia, Salome Zoura-bich-vili The Cypriot government, in cooperation with the Church of Cyprus, has also granted the Patriarchate…

An announcement by the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church this week notes that with God’s grace and with the support of the faithful, the Holy Light will again be transported this year to the country from the Holy Sepulcher Cathedral in Jerusalem. The Holy Light has been delivered to the Polish Orthodox Church every year since…

The Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Zvornik and Tuzla, His Grace Fotije, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the St. Nicholas Cathedral in the Bosnia town of Modriča.  

Russian Orthodox Metropolitan bishop of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week received representatives of the Germany-based Kirche in Not Foundation, within the framework of efforts to assume relief initiatives in the Middle East.

A closely watched meeting between the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew, with the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, has been set for May 23. Relations between the sides have reportedly been tested over recent years, with the latest disagreement revolving around a draft agreement between the government and…

An interview by the Metropolitan of Corinth, His Eminence Dionysios, to the Orthodoxia news agency is now posted on the latter’s websites. Dionysios refers to the Church’s mission, in general, and to legacy of the Apostle Paul, whose First and Second Epistles to the Corinthians are prominent in the New Testament. In reference to contemporary…

The Orthodox Church on April18 commemorates the memory of St. Athanassia of Aegina. Born in the 9th century, Athanasia became a widow at a young age. She subsequently gave away the bulk of her possessions to the poor, converted her home into a convent and began building churches. She later served as an abbess and was…