With the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, and with every ecclesiastical brilliance, the founding and opening dedication ceremony of the Apostle Bartholomew Parish, in Reykjavik, Iceland, took place on Sunday, April 7, 2019, presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia. — Source: theorthodoxworld.com

The Orthodox Cathedral of Sts Peter and Paul in Constanta, the Buried Church of Istria, the fortress of Capidava and other tourist attractions of Constanta County were the inspiration for FC Farul Constanța’s 2019/20 kit. The players will wear t-shirts promoting local sights and monuments ‘to strengthen the tie between the team and the community…

Crucial issues affecting the Hellenic College and its affiliated Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, both in Massachusetts, were on the agenda of a recent meeting of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Synod of Bishops. An official announcement by the Synod noted that decisions were taken to ensure the revival of the specific…

A new website devoted to Biblical archaeology was recently unveiled by the St. Petersburg theological academy’s Biblical studies department. The site’s web pages feature electronic editions of books on Biblical archaeology regarding sites in the Holy Lands, Asia Minor and Jordan, as well as more than 1,300 photographs and 247 videos.

The Russian embassy in Zagreb is leading efforts to restore the only Russian Orthodox Church in Croatia. The chapel was built by Russian émigrés in Croatia during the 1920s. In his comments, carried by the news agency Tass, Russian ambassador Anvar Azimov said the St. Nicholas the Wonderworker church was built on the coast of…

The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church this week commenced a program called “Liberation through Literature”, an outreach initiative aimed to establish libraries with spiritual materials in correctional facilities around the country. The program is managed by the Sts. Cyril & Methodius Orthodox Cultural Center in Warsaw.

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Reports of persecution and attacks against Christians around the world continue unabated, especially in areas were Islam is the dominant religion — as well as in countries in the Far East where atheism is promoted by the state. In places ranging from south Asia, the Middle East to west Africa, extremist groups and terrorists are…

The deeply devotional Akathist Hymn, meaning the “unseated hymn”, will be recited today, Friday, at Orthodox Cathedrals around the world. The name derives from the fact that during the chanting of the hymn, all able-bodied congregants are expected to remain standing, in reverence to the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. The Akathist Hymn is recited a…