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International
Three priests suspected of storing drugs in a church are among eight suspects arrested in a major operation against a drug trafficking network in Greece at the beginning of November,…
Christianity
Late in the evening of November 8, Russian Patriarch Kirill suddenly dismissed the Patriarchal Exarch in Western Europe, Metropolitan of Korsun, who governs the Spanish-Portuguese dioceses and parishes of the…
Education
A three-year pilot program has begun in the Netherlands to teach Orthodoxy in the school system for children aged 6 to 12. This opportunity exists because Orthodox Christianity is officially…
Christianity
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…
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…
Christianity
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…
FORB
Sixty years after the Second Vatican Council’s declaration Nostra aetate, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s firm rejection of antisemitism and called for deeper friendship and collaboration among all…
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Vatican City — 28 October 2025. At the 60th anniversary of the landmark Second Vatican Council declaration Nostra Aetate, Pope Leo XIV reaffirmed that the message of interreligious dialogue, respect,…
Christianity
* 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…
