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Greece: Ministry of Education’s report on incidents against places of religious significance
More than 500 attacks – 97.7% of them are against the Orthodox Churches!
Elpidophoros laments Hagia Sophia’s conversion into mosque
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America issued an encyclical on Saturday lamenting the conversion of Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque in 2020.
Bulgaria: Enhanced Security Measures around "St. Alexander Nevsky”
Enhanced security measures around the Patriarchal Cathedral "St. Alexander Nevsky" in Sofia in connection with the festive service for Easter.
Believers will be admitted from 8 p.m. through two checkpoints at the north and south entrances of the temple-monument.
People will be checked for firearms and cold weapons, dangerous objects and explosives.
A Bulgarian Delegation will bring the Holy Fire from Jerusalem
A Bulgarian church delegation will go to Jerusalem to bring the Holy Fire for Easter - after a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be led by Metropolitan Kiprian of Stara Zagora and is expected to arrive at Sofia Airport around 8 p.m. The Bulgarian church delegation will be the first to take the blessed fire this year.
Bulgarian Church Leader Insists Sacraments Cannot Transmit Coronavirus
Metropolitan Neofit of Sofia, the Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, has drawn anger - and some ridicule - after his office said church services would continue in the country - despite concerns about transmission of the coronavirus - as the holy sacraments could not possibly transmit a disease.
Greek PM to visit Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will on Wednesday visit the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.
The visit, which takes place on the second day of Tsipras's trip to Turkey, is scheduled to take place at 9.15 a.m.
Built in the 6th century under order of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, Hagia Sophia - a UNESCO world heritage site - was once Christendom's greatest cathedral.
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Patriarch Daniel: With the help of God, we consecrated the Altar of the National Cathedral
Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR) voiced his hope on Sunday that, three years from now, the mosaic painting of the People's Salvation Cathedral be sanctified, whose Altar was consecrated in the presence of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Patra and members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.
33.5-meter cross to be raised above Serbian town
The 33.5-meter cross - this number was chosen to commemorate the age of Jesus Christ when he was crucified - will be raised above an area where the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Zica, Mataruska Banja (Spa), the Ibar Gorge, and the medieval town of Maglic are all located.
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Serbia's Orthodox Church Takes its Message Online
People who want to learn more about the Serbian Orthodox Church, by far the biggest church in the country, no longer have to head off to their local church building.
Now they can get a taste of religion from Crkva.net, the first Orthodox church social network, which already has 6,000 members, and is looking for more.
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Romanian Pilgrims Gather at Cave to Honour Saint
Thousands of Christian Orthodox pilgrims from Romania, Bulgaria, and Ukraine were expected to gather on Thursday in a village in southeastern Romania to hear a mass dedicated to the Apostle St Andrew, Romania's patron saint.
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