The Orthodox Church is the fastest growing Christian denomination in Australia according to recently published 2016-2021 census data. The Greek Orthodox Church is the fasting growing of all in Australia, while the Serbian and Antiochian Churches are also in the top 10. The Greek Church grew by 17,400 members, the Serbian by 7,300, and the Antiochian […]

According to the Russian Patriarchal Exarch in Africa, Metropolitan Leonid of Klin, the number of African priests who joined the Exarchate had already grown to 150 from the initial 102 as of early last week. And that number continues to steadily grow, the Metropolitan has said. According to sources in Africa, a large number of those priests […]

Welsh, Romanian, and Russian parishioners came together on Sunday for the first Divine Liturgy at a new mission parish in Wales. With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irinei of London and Western Europe of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, the Liturgy for the new mission of Sts. David of Wales and Nicholas […]

A three-barred Orthodox cross has been erected and blessed on Dominica, marking the future site of the Caribbean island nation’s first Orthodox church. The cross was blessed by Hieromonk Ambrose (Sitalo), who is based in Grenada but also serves throughout the Caribbean. Fr. George Maximov, a missionary priest based in Moscow, reports: An Orthodox cross was […]

Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines, September 8, 2021     A great spiritual event occurred in the Philippines this week, as a group of 12 men and women were baptized into Christ in His holy Orthodox Church in the waters of the West Philippine Sea.     The dozen newly-illumined are all former members of a […]