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A new agreement between the Church of Greece and the Greek State was announced on Tuesday. This agreement followed a meeting between the Archbishop of Athens and all of Greece, Ieronymos, and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras at the...

Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, Theodore II, rededicated the renovated Greek Orthodox church of the Assumption of Mary (Koimisis tis Theotokou) in Alexandria, Egypt. After chanting the Greek national anthem, Patriarch Theodore stated that "the African Church, instead of...

A Turkish town has heard its first Orthodox liturgy in 96 years at a special religious service attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The special service took place in a former Orthodox Church in the town of Moudania (Mudanya) situated in today's...

A fight broke out at a church of a small village of Messinia, southern Peloponnese, over the rights of an icon of St. George. As the village of Dorion celebrated its patron St. George on Monday with a liturgy in...

The Greek community in South Australia is rallying round after a fire swept through an Orthodox church just days before Easter. St Panteleimon Greek Orthodox Church at Glenelg North, Adelaide, which has been serving the community since 1981, caught fire...

A long-standing split between Bulgaria and FYROM’s Orthodox churches may be heading for a resolution, despite concerns it could fuel more disagreement among Europe’s Orthodox communities. Reuters reported on Monday that Bulgaria’s Orthodox leadership was reviewing a request from their...

The historic Orthodox Church of St. George, a UNESCO world heritage site, has been opened with a ceremony after undergoing a three-year restoration, in Istanbul. Since about 1600, it has been the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the...

In a historical gesture, Metropolitan Archbishop Athenagoras will be taking a four-day trip to Jamaica, making him the first of a Metropolitan Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church to visit Jamaica. The Metropolitan Archbishop Athenagoras currently serves as the Ruling Hierarch...

On March 8-9, the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece held discussions focusing on the new stipulations that the Greek government has introduced regarding religion being taught at schools. Following the meeting with the Holy Synod, the Archbishop of...

Over the past weekend the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called for the reopening of the Theological School of Halki in Turkey which has been closed by the Turkish government for decades. In 1972 Turkish authorities shut the doors of the religious...