Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
NEW YORK -- Confronting serious charges of financial mismanagement, the head of the Orthodox Church in America has authorized a full investigation and ousted his chief aide.

Metropolitan Herman on Thursday dismissed the church's longtime chancellor, Protopresbyter Robert S. Kondratick, who was the chief administrator under Herman at headquarters in Syosset, N.Y.

H.B. Baselious Thomas I prayerfully inaugurated and launched
the Cyber Fortnightly, VISWASA SAMRAKSHAKAN (Defender of the Faith) in Malayalam at a simple function informally organized at the Archbishop's house, NY, USA.

His Beatitude expressed his great appreciation about the organizers of this venture immediately after the launching of the fortnightly. His Beatitude told he has read a few pages of it and the writers had taken special care to take the interest of our holy church and extended all best wishes...

Web Link: http://www.viswasasamrakshakan.org

Zenit News Agency - Rome,Italy
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 27, 2006 (Zenit.org).- A Vatican official turned over a relic of the Apostle Andrew to a representative of Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens, who had requested it....

The donated relic will be taken to Athens this week and displayed for veneration by the faithful in the Orthodox Church of St. Barbara...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - Prague,Czech Republic
In Russia, new legislation drawn up by the military procurator's office would introduce chaplains into the Russian armed forces. Russian Orthodox priests have served on an informal basis in many regiments since 1997, but their presence has not yet been formalized. That could be about to change. But Russia's Muslims are not happy about it... ...

Orthodox churches generally take one of several shapes
that have a particular mystical significance. The most common shape is an oblong or rectangular shape, imitating the form of a ship...

EUCHARIST means "thanksgiving" and early became a synonym for Holy Communion. The Eucharist is the center of worship in the Orthodox Church. ...