Orthodox Churches

Volunteers to restore 30 churches in Pskov with presidential grant

Thirty churches in the Pskov Province will soon be renovated as part of the Russian Church’s volunteer project “Our Ancient Churches.” The necessary equipment will be purchased with funds from a presidential grant, said Alexander Shepelev, a representative of the Andrei Bogolyubsky Foundation, at a press conference last week, reports Pskov Newsfeed.

Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk meets with Mr. Franklin Graham, President of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

On 3 March 2019, at the residence of the Church of ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street, Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with Mr. Franklin Graham, President of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, who had arrived in Moscow on a visit.

Ukrainian hierarch calls prodigal defector bishop to return to Father’s house in the Church

His Eminence Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye and Melitopol has written a heartfelt letter to the former Metropolitan of Vinnitsa Simeon Shostatsky, who departed from the Church of Christ when he attended the scandalous “unification council” on December 15 and joined the schismatic body created there. Invoking the Gospel parable of the prodigal son, Met. Luke calls upon the former hierarch to come to himself and return to his father’s house.

Tallest memorial cross in Russia, 160 ft. high, consecrated in Krasnoyarsk

His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Krasnoyarsk and Achinsk celebrated the rite of consecration of the tallest memorial cross in Russia on Drokino Mountain at the border of Krasnoyarsk with the Emelianovsky Region today, reports the press service of the Krasnoyarsk Diocese.

Bishop Agathangelos of Fanari: Saint Cecilia is the bridge between the Orthodox and Catholic Church

Members of the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece and the Family Support Center of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens (KESO) held a three-day visit to Rome and the Vatican on Sunday, February 24, 2019.

The delegation was led by Bishop Agathangelos of Fanari, who is also the Director of the Apostoliki Diakonia of the Church of Greece, and KESO Chief Executive Officer Mary Pini.