Orthodox World News Today

The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (ROC–MP), which President Vladimir Putin has long counted as one of “the bindings” holding his so-called Russian World (Russkiy Mir) together, is in retreat almost everywhere. Indeed, in light of recent events, it is on the way to losing its status as the largest Orthodox Church in the world in terms of …

In what may be as important as any other battlefield in Ukraine, Moscow is losing the Church war in that country. The autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has notably come out strongly in defense of Ukrainian sovereignty, whereas the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has adopted a pacifist stance, calling for an end to the fighting …

Last November, the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) announced it was creating its own exarchate for Africa and would seek to wrest control of the continent’s bishoprics and parishes away from the Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa (a.k.a. the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria). On the one hand, the move complementarily supports the Kremlin’s aggressive …

As National Commander of the Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and as a physician, I am extremely proud of the 2021 Athenagoras Human Rights Award Honorees. Speeches from the Apostolic Visit of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States

Την άνοιξη του 2020, όταν το μεγαλύτερο μέρος της υφηλίου αντιμετώπιζε το πρώτο μαζικό φονικό κύμα της πανδημίας, μια παράξενη είδηση έκανε τον γύρο των διεθνών πρακτορείων και πέρασε, όχι ακριβώς απαρατήρητη, αλλά σίγουρα χωρίς να της δοθεί η έμφαση που θα της δινόταν εάν δε...

Life is what it is, a journey and as such we mere mortals who walk upon this earth do so in order to survive the challenges and ravages of time. On my odyssey of life I have found that whenever slings and arrows laced with lies have been shot at me, the light of truth seeks out the innocuous shadows and opens the realms of darkness to a bright new world. Archbishop Makarios, who has not been long in his role as the spiritual father of Australians’ of the Greek Orthodox faith has been the targ...

When I was in 9 th grade, there was a classmate who was very effeminate, and who never liked engaging in sports or talking with the guys about the girls in our class we had crushes on. We mercilessly teased him, calling him a “homo” (the preferred slur at the time) and otherwise making fun of him for what we felt were his sexual proclivities. I don’t know if he actually was gay.  He left the school after 9 th grade, and I haven’t seen or heard from him since. I thought of this young ma...