Washington state officials have agreed to a permanent court order preventing enforcement of a law that would have criminalized priests for maintaining the confidentiality of Confession, four months after Orthodox Churches filed a federal lawsuit challenging the legislation.
The relics of St. Gregory Palamas have left Greece for the first time in history, brought to Iași, Romania, for the annual St. Parascheva pilgrimage. A delegation from Thessaloniki, led by Metropolitan Philotheos of Thessaloniki, brought the relics to Iași on Saturday night.
At 6:00 a.m., special police units provided state executors with the opportunity to forcibly evict the Vladimir-Volynsky diocesan administration of the UOC, the religious community of the Dormition Cathedral, and students of the choir director school from the occupied premises.
The project, operating under the name Lioba Leben e.V., aims to provide housing for people at all stages of life, from young families with small children and single individuals to elderly residents requiring care.
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, under the presidency of Patriarch Theodoros, issued a statement calling for peace following extensive discussions on military conflicts in Africa and the Middle East.