The Church today venerates the memory of James the Apostle, brother of St. John the Theologian. James was one of the 12, like his brother John, siblings whom the Lord called “Sons of Thunder,” because they became great preachers and because of their profound theology, which was not experienced by all the Apostles. It was…

The Metropolitan bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, was again summoned by police in the small Adriatic country to answer questions on why he attended the funeral of a well-known historian in the country – the second time authorities have either detained or summoned the head of the Orthodox Church in Montenegro….

Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece met in Athens on Thursday to consider the the Greek government’s easing of coronavirus restrictions. After the conclusion of the session, a press release issued by the Holy Synod said the Greek prime minister’s statements, a day earlier, generated hope within the Church’s…

The Holy Metropolis of Zambia has donated sanitary and medical material to the southern African country’s public authority, as part of its outreach program to prevent exposure to the coronavirus in the country.

The registration process for participation in the second online Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, have now closed, as all available slots have been filled. The Archontariki will be held on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to noon, Athens time, or 08.00 to…

Metropolitan Vladimir of Kishinev and All Moldova addressed an open letter to Prime Minister Ion Chicu and expressed his discontent that easing quarantine did not affect the ban on worship. The letter posted on the website of the Moldovan Metropolis on Wednesday, expressed extreme dissatisfaction with “the cruel measures imposed by the government on the…

A repeated negative test for coronavirus confirmed that the abbot of the Holy Trinity Jonah Monastery is absolutely healthy. After recovering from the coronavirus, the head of the UOC Synodal Department for Youth Affairs, the abbot of the Holy Trinity Jonah Monastery in Kyiv, Archbishop Jonah (Cherepanov) of Obukhov expressed gratitude to the doctors of…

In a new documentary project, Metropolitan Pavel talks about his path to God and the difficulties that arise for everyone who chooses a difficult path of ministry. A documentary film “On Guard of Faith” from the series “Faces of the Church”, telling about the abbot of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed) of…

Fr. Gennady Butko, a cleric of the Minsk Diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, reposed in the Lord at the age of 57, after a serious illness caused by the coronavirus, the official site of the Belarusian Church reported yesterday. He leaves behind four children: Oksana, Valery, Anna, and Konstantin. Fr. Gennady was born in…