Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) explained how fair and adequate the requirement put forward to the Church “to correspond to the spirit of the times” is. The essence of the Church is to lead people to God, and not to indulge their momentary passions. UOC Chancellor, Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanich) of Boryspil and Brovary, spoke on the YouTube channel…

A unique shrine of the 12-13th centuries, Turov altar cross, was recreated and presented in Belarus on September 26, 2020. The presentation of the cross, headed by Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, took place in the home church of St. Cyril of Turov at the Minsk Theological Academy, reports…

The feast day of the Elevation of the Holy Cross of the Lord fell on a Sunday this year, and the Geneva Cathedral dedicated to the holiday celebrated. With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe, who, due to restrictions, could not visit the city, celebrations were led by His…

On Sunday, September 27, 2020, His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian was present among the faithful of St. Dimitrie and the Holy Three Hierarchs Parish of Toronto. The event was occasioned by the consecration of the new iconostasis of the parish chapel. The hierarch was greeted by the faithful with bread and salt. After the consecration…

A huge cross 20 meters high and 12 meters wide was erected in northern Kosovo on Thursday, October 1st, 2020, on a hill at an altitude of 905 meters. The Holy Cross is the largest in the Serbian province of Kosovo and was funded by Serbs. The idea came from residents of the Leposavic municipality….

On Sunday 27 September 2020 Fr John Sullivan became the first convert in WA to be officially appointed as parish priest to the Church of Saint Nicholas in Bunbury, a coastal city located approximately 175 kilometres south of Perth. The occasion was marked with Hierarchical Matins and Divine Liturgy presided by His Grace Bishop Elpidios…

A MESSAGE FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE OF THYATEIRA AND GREAT BRITAIN ON THE OCCASION OF THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CYPRUS This year marks sixty years since the establishment of the Democracy of Cyprus, which followed the end of the Cypriot struggle for independence.  It is justified, then, that all Cypriots wherever…

On October 2, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited two Greek-American Parochial Schools to visit the students and personally see the health and safety measures that have been put in place. He was welcomed warmly at the William Spyropoulos Greek-American Day School and the Greek American Institute Of New York by Faculty, Staff…

On October 1, 2020, the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova issued the following statement regarding how the situation around the former Hagia Sophia cathedral and museum being converted into a mosque open for worship is evolving. The statement reads: “Russia continues to watch closely how the situation around the former Hagia Sophia cathedral and…