The members of the NCCK (The National Council of Churches), which represents millions of Christians in Korea, are deeply saddened to learn of the Turkish Government’s conversion of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque, and in this statement we strongly protest this unexpected and sad event. This is in direct violation of the…

July 2020 is rapidly emerging as the month when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s administration fully revealed itself as a Islamist agitator on a global scale, with the most shocking provocation, of course, being the conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque – a shocking decision that continues to generate heightened international condemnation. True…

On Tuesday, 28 July, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios paid a visit to Government House in Sydney at the invitation of the Governor of NSW, Her Excellency the Hon. Margaret Beazley. This was only the fourth visitor that the Governor of NSW received since the beginning of the pandemic in March. Mrs Beazley extended a warm…

On 23 July 2020, Bishop Antonije of Moravica, representative of the Patriarch of Serbia to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and dean of the Representation of the Serbian Patriarchate in Moscow celebrated his 50th birthday. His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a congratulatory message to him with wishes of the…

On July 26, 2020, the Day of the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, visited the Moscow Representation of the Orthodox Church of Antioch to greet its rector and parishioner on their patron saint’s day. During the Divine Liturgy, which Metropolitan Hilarion…

On 28 July 2020, the representatives of Local Orthodox Churches to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia took part in the celebration of the commemoration day of the Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Vladimir, which centered on the Patriarchal liturgy at the cathedral Church of Christ the Saviour. Among Patriarch Kirill’s concelebrants were Metropolitan Niphon of Philippopolis…

HG Bishop Ioan Casian participated in the ordination HG Bartholomew of Keramos vicar – bishop (Ecumenical Patriarchate – Canada) HG Bishop Ioan Casian, the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, participated on Saturday in the ordination of HG Bartholomew (Mostratos) of Keramos on behalf of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada. The religious service took place…

Rep. Dina Titus leads effort to denounce Turkey for converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque WASHINGTON, DC, July 23, 2020 — On the eve of the national “day of mourning” for Hagia Sophia and Turkey’s planned inauguration of using Hagia Sophia as a mosque, the US House of Representatives passed, by unanimous consent, an amendment…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces the completion of Phase One of the COVID-19 relief fund, which was created to assist with the living expenses of those facing financial hardship as a result of the current pandemic. The Archdiocesan COVID-19 relief fund has helped hundreds of families across the country throughout the first five…