Eastern Christianity

The Perpetual Holy Synod of the Church of Greece was set to convene again on Wednesday to discuss recent developments regarding negotiations between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) over the name dispute.

Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I has highlighted that he strongly supports securing the current status of Jerusalem. 

Bulgarian Orthodox Sveti Stefan church in Istanbul to be opened after seven-year restoration

Greece's Supreme Court in the process of examining a dispute between the state and the embattled Vatopedi Monastery in the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece regarding the ownership of Lake Vistonida and surrounding land in Xanthi.

Churches in a western Greek region will ring funeral bells every day until Saturday to protest a new law that makes it easier for people to change their legally recognized gender, clerics said on Monday.

The government on Friday sought to ease tensions with the Church of Greece over a bill that would allow people to freely determine their gender identity, saying it respects the Church's views while making clear that the essence of the reform will not be changed. 

The Holy Synod of the Macedonian Orthodox Church officially supported the Friendship and Neighborhood Treaty between Bulgaria and Macedonia, which was signed on 1 August in Skopje by the Prime Ministers of the two countries - Boyko Borisov and Zoran Zaev.

Archbishop of the Metropolis of Thessaloniki Anthimos commented on the gender change/identity bill introduced for discussion in the Greek parliament on Monday, saying “these things are a little crazy”.

Following the invitation of the Very Rev. Archimandrite Nathanael Filios, Presiding Priest of the St. Menas Parish in Emporio, Eordaia, Greece, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia visited the aforementioned parish from August 21-23, 2017. Metropolitan Cleopas visited the Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Kleisoura on August 21, where St.

Archbishop Ieronymos said on Monday that he received and accepted an invitation to visit Russia extended by Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk during a meeting at the Archdiocese of Athens.