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Donald Trump invited to visit Mount Athos
The invitation to US President Donald Trump to visit Mount Athos was extended by the administrative manager of the Athos monastic "state" Alkivias Stefanis, he announced in an interview with…
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There are 4,190 church charity structures in Greece
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.…
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Has the original Bible reached us?
[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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What does it mean to “serve mammon”?
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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Ecology and Ecumenism: a Shared Commitment to Creation
* 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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Secularism or Militant Marxism? The Debate on Religious Education in North Macedonia
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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Sofia Court of Appeal Deletes Bulgarian Orthodox Old-Style Church
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 slams super-rich, ‘horrible and absurd’ social divide in modern society
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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‘The Whole Universe is a Living Gospel’ – Ecology needs a Mystique
* 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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Faith and the Challenge of the Earth: Two Voices for a Spiritual Ecology
*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…