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Bulgaria: The Russian Church will Reopen and will have Bulgarian Priests taking over the Services
Patriarch Neophyte has appointed priests from Sofia who will take over the usual services in the Church of St. Nicholas the Miracle-Maker, known as the Russian Church. This was announced by the Holy Synod.
Protests against Greek Church over abortion in front of the Athens Cathedral (photos)
A circular issued by the Holy Synod about protecting unborn children will be read today in all the Churches
Christ is Risen! Bulgarians Celebrate Easter
The head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Neophyte, announced the Resurrection of Christ in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Alexander Nevsky.
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Mitsotakis attends Holy Synod meeting to discuss Christmas services, urge faithful to be vaccinated
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis today attended an extraordinary meeting with Archbishop Ieronymos and the Permanent Holy Synod to discuss public health measures at Orthodox Christmas services nationwide and to convey to the entire Church the importance of vaccination amidst a surge in the COVID-19 epidemic.
“Thieves wear masks, Christians do not wear masks” – Controversy caused by Monastery banning the use of Covid-19 masks (video)
The decision goes against the Holy Synod
Church of Greece enters state’s vaccination campaign to persuade faithful to be vaccinated
Health Minister Vasilis Kikilias and Athens University Medical School Professor of Epidemiology Sotiris Tsiodras met today with the 12-member Permanent Holy Synod to persuade the Orthodox Church of Greece to join the state's massive vaccination push to build a wall of immunity by the end of August.
Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria Hospitalized for Medical Checkup
His Beatitude Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria was admitted to hospital for regular health tests, according to the Holy Synod press office.
Greek Church wants Temples open during Easter Holy Week
The Permanent Holy Synod (DIS) met for two days via a teleconference
Kadıköy Metropolitan removed by Holy Synod over disloyalty to Patriarch Bartholomew
The Holy Synod, the decision-making body of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, has removed the Metropolitan of Chalcedon, currently known as the Kadıköy district in Istanbul, over his alleged disobedience and disrespect to Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of some 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide.
Serbia gets patriarch: "We've done everything to prevent foreign factor interference"
The SPC Holy Synod will probably be held in the crypt of the Temple of Saint Sava, Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia and guardian of the patriarchal throne of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Chrysostom, told Tanjug.
However, he notes that the final decision on where Synod will be held will be made on February 10.