Orthodoxy in Trieste (Italy): Multiethnic Communities and St. Spyridon’s Church

Sergei Mudrov

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Orthodoxy in Trieste (Italy): Multiethnic Communities and St. Spyridon’s Church

Sergei Mudrov

The church has a multinational choir consisting of singers from ten different ethnic groups. There are many people at our services: 300–400 come to Communion on Sundays.

Greece’s top court upholds gay marriage and adoption law

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Church and State

Greece’s top court upholds gay marriage and adoption law

Greece's Council of State ruled Friday that civil marriage between gay couples and adoption by such couples are constitutional, upholding Law 5089/2024 with a 21-6 majority vote.

Antiochian Bishop Nicholas of Miami undergoes successful heart surgery

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Orthodoxy Today

Antiochian Bishop Nicholas of Miami undergoes successful heart surgery

Bp. Nicholas informs the faithful that he “will remain spiritually present and in touch with diocesan life—simply at a lower speed for a little while.” His recovery is expected to take a few weeks.

Cypriot faithful rally behind deposed Metropolitan Tychikos amid Constantinople pressure and procedural violations

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Cypriot faithful rally behind deposed Metropolitan Tychikos amid Constantinople pressure and procedural violations

The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus voted to dethrone His Eminence Metropolitan Tychikos as the ruling hierarch of the important Paphos Metropolitan, though he remains a bishop and a member of the Synod. The decision has caused great unrest, especially in Paphos, where hundreds of parishioners gathered at the city hall on Sunday in a show of support for the deposed hierarch.

Metropolitan Kyrillos of Moschonisia (Constantinople) reposes in the Lord

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Metropolitan Kyrillos of Moschonisia (Constantinople) reposes in the Lord

Metropolitan Kyrillos of Moschonisia, a retired hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, reposed in the Lord yesterday, May 26.