Chalcedonianism

Archbishop Ieronymos has launched a fresh attack on the left-led government, accusing it of trying to undermine the role of Orthodox faith in the predominantly Christian nation.

"You may have sold out Greece's treasures, our trains, our ports; however we will not hand over to you our homeland and our Orthodox faith," Archbishop said in Livadia, north of Attica, Tuesday.

His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia attended the opening session of the Hellenic Swedish Business Forum on Mon. Oct. 3, 2016 at the IVA Conference Center in Stockholm.

Amid growing tension between the Church of Greece and the government over changes to the way religion is taught at schools, Archbishop Ieronymos said on Friday that there are "some who do not love their country and want to de-Hellenize it, and some who don't love the Church and want to de-Christianize it."

By the grace of God and the blessings of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia made his fourth archpastoral visit to the city of Gothenburg on Sunday, September 18,to fulfill his pledge to appoint a full-time parish priest at the Holy Trinity Church in Gothenburg – the second largest parish in the Holy Metropolis of Sw

The success of the first Holy Great Council of the Orthodox Church in over 1,200 years, which is scheduled for June 16-17 on the Greek island of Crete, has been threatened by the Bulgarian Holy Synod, which decided to boycott the summit at the last moment.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived at the northern Greek peninsula of Mount Athos, on a visit to the autonomous Orthodox Christian monastic community here.

Putin flew from Athens to the northern city of Thessaloniki Saturday morning, went by road near Mt.Athos and then took a boat - the only means to reach the community.

NEW YORK/SYDNEY/MOSCOW - Fires broke out in four Christian Orthodox churches around the world during the Easter holidays.

The Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Sava in Manhattan, New York, was destroyed in a fire that broke out just hours after believers attended the Easter liturgy on Sunday.

The New York Post writes about "fears of a coordinated attack on the religion" in the wake of the fires in four Orthodox temples on Orthodox Easter Sunday.

BELGRADE – A huge fire has ravaged a Serbian Orthodox Church in downtown Manhattan, on the day that Orthodox Christians are celebrating the Holy Easter. It took some 170 firemen several hours to bring the four-alarm blaze under control. While initial reports suggested that there might have been people trapped inside the burning building, fire

A huge fire broke out and burin to the ground the Serbian Orthodox Church of ‘Agios Savvas’, Sunday, in Manhattan, New York. Images show the devastation, as huge flames have engulfed the temple completely destroying the church. 170 fire fighters and tens of fire engines tried to extinguish the flames and contain the fire.