OCP News Service - 16/10/21 Parumala-Kerala-India: The enthronement of the new Primate of the Indian Orthodox Malankara Church, His Holiness Marthoma Mathews III (Catholicos-Mooppan) was held at St Peters and St Pauls Church at Parumala on the 15th of October 2021. Metropolitan Kuriakose Cleemism the senior Prelate of the Church presided over the enthronement ceremony. He ...
OCP News Service - 14/10/21 Bucharest-Romania: Cypritic-USA Orthodox Priest Fr Panayiotis Papageorgiou, and his son Efstratios Papageorgiou, has released a new video on Orthodox Christianity in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania, reports Basilica.ro. This film is part of a series titled 'Neither Here Nor in Jerusalem' a series on Orthodox Christianity in Europe, broadcasted by Trisagion ...
OCP News Service - 3/10/21 St Petersburg-Russia: Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov married Victoria Romanovna Bettarini at the St Issac Cathedral in St Petersburg on the 2nd of October 2021. This was the first Royal wedding ceremony that took place on Russian soil since the revolution in 1917. The wedding was officiated by Russian Orthodox priests. The ...
OCP News Service - 11/9/21 New York - USA: On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the remembrance of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a memorial service and lighting of Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine were held. Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America led the ceremony. The National Shire is ...
OCP News Service - 9/9/21 Alma-Ata-Kazakhstan: 'Metropolitan Nicholas - Prelate of Alma-Ata' is a short documentary film bout Nicholas (Mogilevsky) of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan who was the first bishop of the Metropolis of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan of the Russian Orthodox Church. Directed by V.L. Posadneva, the film the documentary film features unique archival video and photo ...
OCP News Service - 6/9/21 New York - USA: A new documentary cinema titled 'The Face of God' written and directed by Fr. Kaleeg Hainsworth is now available. Produced by Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration, this documentary explore an Orthodox Christian perspective on ecology, theology, sanctity, and asceticism in relation to natural world and climate change. The ...
OCP News Service - 6/9/21 Cetinje-Montenegro: Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia and Metropolitan Joanikije II of Montenegro were dropped off by helicopter on the loan of the historic Cetinje and were rushed into the building by security officers for the enthronement ceremony of the latter. The enthronement ceremony of Bishops Joanikije II as the Metropolitan of Montenegro and ...
OCP News Service - 18/8/21 Kyiv- Ukraine: The seventh enthronement anniversary of Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) was held in Kyiv on the 17th of August 2021. As part of the celebration, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated on the main square of the Assumption Kyiv-Pechersk ...
OCP News Service - 12/08/2021 Lagos-Nigeria: According to a recent report by Religious Freedom Coalition, a Christian orphanage in Plateau State was attacked and destroyed by the radical Muslim Fulani Herdsmen on the 2nd of August 2021. Fortunately the inmates and staff were evacuated before the second attack and are safe. The orphanage needs heavy repair ...
OCP News Service - 8/8/21 Global: The Living Martyr of the Eritrean Dictatorship - Patriarch Abune Antonious. For more information read, Fourteen Years of Illegal Detention of Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea Source: OCP News Service
OCP News Service - 1/8/21 Global: The Georgian Orthodox Church and the West: An On-going Tussle for Dominance (Video). Source: OCP News Service
OCP News Service - 30/7/21 Global: A short video on the ongoing Rift in the Church of Cyprus regarding the canonical situation in Ukraine. Source: OCP News Service
OCP News Service - 29/7/21 Kyiv-Russia: Over 35000 Faithful took part in the 1033rd Anniversary celebration of the Baptism of Russia (Kievan Rus'). Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and All Ukraine together with representatives of the Local Orthodox Churches, the episcopate and the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church led the Great Procession in the city of ...
OCP News Service - 14/7/21 Kottayam-Kerala-India: The late Catholicos-Mooppan Marthoma Paulose II of Malankara was laid to rest at the Catholicate Palace on the 13th of July 2021 with full State honours. ‘The Demise of Catholicos-Mooppan Marthoma Paulose II Marks the End of An Era’ – OCP Spokesperson Funeral rites were performed under the leadership of the senior ...
OCP News Service - 11/7/21 Tiblisi-Georgia: The External Affairs Minister of India, Dr Jaishankar handed over a part of the relics of the 17th century Saint Queen Ketevan to the Georgian government. An official ceremony was organised by the Georgian Orthodox Church to receive the relics at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the Capital City on ...
OCP News Service - 10/07/21 Tiblisi-Georgia: On behalf of the Government of India, the External Affairs Minister Dr Jaishankar handed over a part of the relics of the 17th century Saint Queen Ketevan to the Georgian authorities (David Zalkaliani, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia) on the 9th of July 2021. The relic was handed ...
Church of Serbia - 17/6/21 The feast of the Transfer of the Relics of the Venerable Father Justin was marked with a great liturgical celebration in Celije monastery, a shrine in which the newly proclaimed saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church and one of the most prominent Orthodox theologians of modern times had served for three ...
OCP News Service - 8/6/21 Sarajevo - Bosnian, Herzegovinian- The Bosnian authorities demolished a Serbian Orthodox church that was built on land owned by a Bosniak woman named Fata Orlovic in the village of Konjevic Polje. The building was removed a star a 20-year legal battle. The Church building was considered illegal by the European Court ...
OCP News Service - 6/6/21 Kerala-India: The IVANO-MGOCSM organized a talk on World Environment Day in association with the OCP Foundation and CSR Wing of the Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Society on the 5th of June 2021. OCP delegate Linto Paul Jacob made a presentation on 'Introduction to Eco-spirituality'. OCP Delegate Linto Paul Presented a Paper on the ...
Tufenkian Foundation - 4/6/21 The Tufenkian Foundation is looking to raise $40,000 to support two wounded soldiers in Artsakh’s Martuni region as part of the Tufenkian Wounded Soldier Support Initiative. DONATE HERE Since the 2016 April War, the Tufenkian Foundation has been actively supporting wounded soldiers and their families. Focusing on the area of accessible housing, Tufenkian provided ...
OCP News Service - 27/5/21 Bucharest-Romania: The small wooden Orthodox chapel of Annunciation and the Archangel Michael located in Valcea county (Romania) was chosen as one of the winners of the European Heritage Awards (Europa Nostra Awards), 2021. The chapel was chosen as one of the winners under the conservation projects category. Constructed between 1757 and 1784, ...