Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and all Ukraine greeted Ukrainians on the entry into force of the law on the state language in Ukraine. The greeting is posted on the Facebook page of the head of OCU. "Today, the long-awaited law on language came into force in Ukraine. This year was marked by really great events for us: the rise of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and now one of the most valuable gifts of our Motherland — the Ukrainian langua...

MP Daniel Gheorghe has submitted a draft law to parliament that declares August 16 an official Remembrance Day of the Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs and a National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians. If the draft law will be approved by the Parliament, the following buildings will be illuminated in red on August 16, between 20:00 and 24:00: the Romanian Parliament, the Government of Romania, the central and local public authorities, the Arc de Triomphe and the Mogosoaia Palace. The bil...

Der neue griechisch-orthodoxe Erzbischof von Thyateira und Großbritannien, Nikitas (Loulias), ist in der Londoner Hagia Sophia-Kathedrale feierlich in sein Amt eingeführt worden. Mit Erzbischof Nikitas sind jetzt die neuen geistlichen Oberhäupter aller drei englischsprachigen Erzeparchien des Ökumenischen Patriarchats von Konstantinopel – außer Großbritannien auch Australien und Nordamerika – installiert. Bei der Liturgie zur Amtseinführung von Erzbischof Nikitas in London hatte – in Vertretu...

“So many brilliant and renowned theologians and teachers have graced the campus of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary [SVOTS] over its 80-year history,” said Subdeacon Alexander Hatcher, SVOTS Director of Institutional and Advancement. “We are so pleased that now you can literally hear their voices in lectures and talks that had been in danger of being lost or forgotten.” Hundreds of old analog recordings of Father Alexander Schmemann, Father John Meyendorff, Father Thomas Hopko, ...

As Pravoslavie.ru reports, extremely rare footage from Mount Athos, shot in 1917 and 1918, has recently come to light online. The video is hosted on the YouTube channel “Mount Athos Film Archive / Αγιορειτική Ταινιοθήκη”, which was created not long ago. The first part of the video actually contains footage of the famous Greek monastery of the Great Meteoron, part of the larger Meteora complex, which is not located on Athos, but in the mountains overlooking the legendary plains of Thessaly. Th...

COMMUNIQUÉ oft he 22nd Church Assembly-Sabor of the Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in the United States of America, July 13-16, 2019: 800 Years of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Endowed by God, Treasured by the People: The hierarchs, clergy and delegates representing parishes and diocesan bodies from the three Dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States of America met July 13-16, 2019 at New Gracanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois and St. Sava Monastery in Lib...

Thanks to an annual competition held by the Russian Orthodox Church and the Federal Penitentiary Service (FPS), prisoners have the opportunity to speak about their Orthodox faith and reveal their inner world through iconography and art. Since 2013, the Synodal Department for Prison Ministry and the FPS have organized the “Not by Number but by Humility” competition, which focuses on Orthodox painting in even years and on iconography in odd years. The contest has been attracting more and more p...

Established in 2014, Byzanfest is the world’s first and only online festival that screens short-films made by Eastern Orthodox Christian filmmakers. The Festival goes live from Sunday 21st July until 4th August 2019, running concurrently with live venue screenings which are hosted by Global Screening Partners. „As the world’s media and entertainment have become increasingly on-demand and interwoven with social media, Byzanfest saw the opportunity to venture into an emerging concept: the onlin...

Großerzbischof Svjatoslav (Schevtschuk) von Kiew glaubt, dass die Erfüllung einiger Wünsche seiner Kirche nach dem Treffen mit Papst Franziskus in Rom näher gerückt ist. Beim zweitätigen Treffen des Hl. Synods der Ukrainischen Griechisch-Katholischen Kirche (UGKK) mit dem Papst am 5. und 6. Juli seien keine „fertigen Entscheidungen“ verabschiedet worden, sondern hätten „Erforschungen, Analysen und Überlegungen weiterer Schritte“ im Zentrum gestanden. Nun erwarte er aber in nächster Zeit Resul...