Hundreds gathered in Paphos on Saturday in support of His Eminence Metropolitan Tychikos, carrying banners declaring “The reason for Tychikos’ persecution is that he fights Ecumenism” and demanding his restoration to the Paphos cathedra.
The recovered text contains known portions of Paul’s Letters but offers insight into how the New Testament was understood and transmitted in the early centuries of the Church.
South Carolina Senate candidate Mark Lynch has announced plans to introduce legislation that would ban all imports from Turkey until the Hagia Sophia is returned to the Greek Orthodox Church.
The Metropolitan announced that the Metropolis of Chicago will organize a prayer service in the coming days and encouraged donations to the Chicago Police Memorial Foundation.
During the service, the faithful participated prayerfully in the Eucharistic synaxis, offering thanksgiving to God and glorifying the feat and faith of the Myrrh-bearing Women as an example of love, sacrifice, and faithfulness to Christ.
The Georgian Orthodox Church observed the 40th day since the repose of His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia of All Georgia on Saturday, April 25.
“Felix is a humble and resilient boy who has already endured many hardships in his young life. I kindly appeal to anyone of goodwill to help us give him the chance to regain his sight and continue his education,” Fr. Methodios said.
Last week, images circulated on social media showing an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to crush a statue of Jesus Christ that had fallen from a Crucifix.
The water crisis reflects broader challenges across Guatemala, where more than 5.5 million people—30% of the population—lack access to clean water sources.
The program combines synchronous online instruction with in-person intensive sessions, utilizing locally-based instructors in the Diocese of the Midwest. Students will participate in parish internships with diocesan-appointed mentors and spend additional time in residence at St Tikhon’s Seminary each year.
“If each of us does this also in the name of our Patriarch, imagine how much of the Lord’s grace and mercy will be bestowed upon our nation.”
The Russian Church is one of the largest charitable organizations in Russia, running hundreds of social institutions and initiatives including shelters for women in crisis situations, homeless shelters, programs supporting people with disabilities, nursing sisterhoods, and addiction recovery programs.
St. Cleopa is among 16 martyrs, confessors and ascetics of the 20th century who were canonized by the Romanian Synod in 2024. He is perhaps the most beloved Romanian elder of the period of communist persecution and is the most well-known in the English-speaking Orthodox world.
The cathedral, built in 1866, is a protected cultural monument of the Republic of Croatia and the center of the local Serbian Orthodox diocese.
Metropolitan Anthony spent 37 years in the episcopal order, actively serving in several dioceses from his consecration in 1989 until his retirement in 2019.
Bp. Isaac’s actions represent a noticeable contrast to May 2024, when five Bulgarian bishops concelebrated with Ukrainian schismatics at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George.
The estimate is based on reports from approximately 225 parishes—nearly 10% of all Orthodox parishes in the United States—along with diocesan data and historical trends.
In the statement, the Patriarchs describe the case as “one of the strangest cases, an affront to the very core of human dignity,” and say the abduction “has partly reflected the hideous humanitarian tragedy in the Levant.”
The Romanian Orthodox Church uncovered the relics of St. Blondina, a 20th-century confessor of the faith, at Eternitatea Cemetery in Iași on Wednesday in a ceremony attended by two bishops and local faithful.
The military posted a photo on social media of the replacement crucifix, which appeared smaller but more ornate than the original statue.
