The Turkish government secretly ran surveillance on Greek nationals who visited a historic Christian Orthodox monastery on Turkey’s Black Sea coastline, according to the testimony of a former intelligence officer that was revealed on Nordic Monitor. 46-year-old former police intelligence officer, Muhittin Zenit, who worked in Trapezounta (Τραπεζούντα, Turkish: Trabzon), admitted that during a hearing…

The photograph of the composite sign accompanying this text was taken by my own insufficiency while driving around the streets of Melbourne. It represents, better than any words ever could, the complex multicultural and linguistic reality of our city. The first half of the sign is in Italian. The second half purports to be in…

On Saturday, June 14/27, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Prophet Elisha at the Holy Monastery dedicated to him in Jericho, next to the sycamore tree of Zacchaeus. On this day the Church commemorates the Holy Prophet Elisha according to the testimony of the Old Testament, in the Books of Kings. He…

– Every word in this place is excessive. Faced with the mystery of evil, we need to penetrate the mystery of good, said His Eminence Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana at the Memorial Service for the victims of Jadovno (*Croatian concentration camp for Serbs in WWII) on 24th June 2020 over the Saran Pit,…

On Friday, June 26th, 2020, His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania, was admitted to the Hygeia Hospital in Tirana after cardiac discomfort. He was diagnosed with coronary artery stenosis and on the same day an angioplasty was successfully performed with the placement of two stents. Today, Saturday, glory be to God,…

In this gracious and beautiful message, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros expresses his gratitude to the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, for the congratulations and good wishes we conveyed to His Eminence on the completion of his first year as Archbishop of America. His Eminence looks back with gratitude to…

World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Ioan Sauca met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on 24 June 2020 at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Geneva, to discuss preparations leading up to the WCC 11th Assembly, which will occur in 2022. They explored together how to strengthen relationships within…

Nearly 200 officials from the Chinese communist government recently descended upon the Sunzhuang Church in the country’s Henan province equipped with cranes, bulldozers, and other heavy machinery. After removing all loose property from the complex, officers from the Zhengzhou High-Tech District Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau began seizing congregants who had gathered to protect their…