The restitution of property confiscated after World War II from churches and religious communities is coming to an end, and through the process of denominational restitution, 28,359 hectares of agricultural land have been returned so far, including as many as 24,227 hectares to the Serbian Orthodox Church. This should not be surprising since more was…

North Korea is a notorious example of persecution against Christians. Believers are imprisoned, beaten and even executed. It’s been No. 1 on the World Watch List for 20 years. And a new report makes it clear just how bad the situation is. The report, released by the non-profit Korea Future Initiative, is based on 117…

  You are invited to participate in the “1st Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim, Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos, and The Friends of Mount Athos (athosfriends.org) “, which will take place on Tuesday, Feb 9, 2021, at 07:30 PM EET (05:30 pm GMT). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we…

The church of Agia Paraskevi, considered the protectress of Evia’s capital city Halkida, will be restored. Earlier this week, Greece’s Minister of Culture and Sports Lina Mendoni, Central Greece Region Governor Fanis Spanos and Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Chalkida, signed a cultural development program. In 1921, the Holy Temple of Agia Paraskevi in Halkida was declared…

Metropolitan Hrisostom of Dabar-Bosnia, temporary head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, spoke about how the new patriarch will be elected. He said that the elective Council of Bishops of the Serbian Church will hold a meeting on February 18, 2021. The new patriarch will be elected on the same day, because according to the Statutes…

With the blessing of the Bishop Vasilije of Srem , Deanery of Srem-Karlovci organized a seminar for religious teachers in the diocesan deaneries of Srem-Karlovci, Podunavlje and Ruma on January 30, 2021. The seminar was designed and led by the protopresbyter-staurophor Dragomir Sando,PhD, who is the coordinator for religious education for the Diocese of Srem….

During this year’s first meeting of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Church Painting Committee, the Patriarch of Romania urged the new members to draft an iconographic guide and a set of norms for the restoration of the ecclesiastical heritage used in worship. “The Church Painting Committee is now called, during this term, as the most competent central…

A priority for the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti for 2021 is to design and raise funds for a polyclinic and a hospital named after Metropolitan Anastasie Crimca, who was the founder of the first public hospital in Moldova in 1619. This is not the first large-scale initiative in Suceava as regards supporting medical activity….

Regular services were resumed in the church at Berislăveşti Monastery in Vâlcea, Romania, after 21 years. Previously, services were held only occasionally because of the danger of the collapse of the building, reports the Archdiocese of Râmnic. Extensive restoration and conservation work on the historical ensemble began in 2015, which allowed for the reopening of the…