Charities
Nearly 1.5 million Greeks benefited from the charitable activities of the Greek Orthodox Church in 2024, which, through its volunteers and charity structures, spent nearly 128 million euros on charity.…
Christianity
[part II) By Andrey Desnitsky The Biblical Canon. The Boundaries of Scripture The Bible stands on the bookshelf – you can pick it up and look at the contents. But…
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Traditionally, the expression "serving mammon" means caring more about material wealth than spiritual life, living in pursuit of pleasure, and relying solely on wealth and money instead of trusting in…
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* By Martin Hoegger The conference organised by the Patriarchal Academy of Crete in Heraklion on 8 and 9 October 2025 confirmed to me that safeguarding creation has become a point…
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By Nun Euphemia Zajkovska The question of introducing religious education in public schools in the Republic of North Macedonia has been a long-standing and unresolved issue, revealing fundamental challenges in…
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After a year of litigation, the Sofia Court of Appeal has opened proceedings for the liquidation and deletion of the Bulgarian Orthodox Old-Style Church from the register of religious denominations.…
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Pope Leo XIV gave his first interview since being elected head of the Catholic Church in May. It was published on the Catholic website 18 September and was conducted by…
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* By Martin Hoegger For Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, nature is not a neutral backdrop but a word of God in the open air. Without directly addressing…
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*By Martin Hoegger Heraklion, 9 October 2025. The Patriarchal Academy of Crete hosted a scientific and theological symposium devoted to the theology of ecology. Two lectures marked the day: one by…
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* By Martin HoeggerThe ecological crisis cannot be resolved by green technologies or international treaties alone. It requires a conversion of the heart and a rediscovery of the spiritual meaning…
