Eastern Orthodox Church
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| 2025 | Archbishop John became the head of the Holy Synod and Exarch of Illyricum, leading the Archbishopric of Tirana-Durrës. |
| January 25 2025 | Anastasios concludes his term as Archbishop after serving for over 32 years. |
| 2024 | Anastasi appointed as Bishop of Kruja. |
| 2024 | Asti appointed to lead the Metropolis of Berat, Kaninë and Vlorë. |
| 2024 | The Self-governing Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate declared itself autocephalous, which was not recognised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. |
| 2024 | The Patriarchate ordained Angelic Molen as the first female deacon in the Eastern Orthodox Church in Zimbabwe, sparking criticism from other Orthodox church leaders who argued the move was politically motivated. |
| October 2024 | Archimandrite Leontios concluded his tenure as Abbot, and Priest Isaac Attallah took over leadership of the church. |
| September 2024 | The church leadership expressed support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church after legislation banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church was enacted in Ukraine. |
| August 20 2024 | The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine passed legislation to ban the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, giving religious organizations 9 months to sever relations with the Moscow Patriarchate. |
| May 2024 | The Macedonian Orthodox Church rejected the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople's final conditions for its independence. |
| March 2024 | During the World Russian People's Council, a document was approved declaring the invasion of Ukraine a 'Holy War' and stating that the entire territory of Ukraine should enter Russia's exclusive influence. |
| 2023 | Tychikos becomes the Metropolitan of Paphos and Exarchate of Arsinoe and Romaeon |
| 2023 | Alexios (Stamatios) Psoinos appointed as Bishop of Stavropogi |
| 2023 | Apostolos Kavaliotis appointed as Bishop of Tanagra |
| 2023 | Nektarios (Ioannis) Milionis appointed as Bishop of Photice |
| July 23 2023 | Transfiguration Cathedral in Odesa is severely damaged by a Russian missile attack. |
| 2022 | The Cypriot archiepiscopal election was called to choose a successor following the death of Archbishop Chrysostomos II. |
| 2022 | The Latvian Parliament (Saeima) declared the restoration of autocephaly for the Latvian Orthodox Church from the Russian Orthodox Church, citing security reasons. |
| 2022 | Macedonian Orthodox Church – Ohrid Archbishopric is granted autocephaly by the Serbian Orthodox Church. |
| October 31 2022 | Deadline for the Latvian Orthodox Church to align its statutes with the new legal amendments on church status. |
| October 1 2022 | Deadline for the Chancery of the President to be notified of church leadership appointments, including Head of the church, metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. |
| June 22 2022 | The Bulgarian Orthodox Church established communion with the Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
| June 12 2022 | Archbishop Stefan concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Church of St. George in the Phanar, with a North Macedonian government delegation present. |
| June 10 2022 | Archbishop Stefan visited Istanbul and received the Patriarchal and Synodal Act confirming canonical and liturgical unity with the Church of Constantinople. |
| June 5 2022 | Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia gave a tomos of autocephaly to Archbishop Stefan during a Divine Liturgy in Belgrade. Archbishop Stefan stated he only recognized autocephaly from the Ecumenical Patriarchate. |
| May 27 2022 | The Ukrainian Orthodox Church removed itself from the Moscow Patriarchate, declaring complete autonomy and independence, which Kirill claimed was an attempt by 'spirits of malice' to separate Russian and Ukrainian peoples. |
| May 16 2022 | The Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church restored full ecclesiastical autonomy to the Macedonian Orthodox Church under the Patriarchate of Serbia, bringing the MOC-OA into full communion with the mainstream Eastern Orthodox world. |
| May 9 2022 | The Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate recognized the Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC), establishing eucharistic communion and acknowledging its jurisdiction over North Macedonia, while explicitly refusing to recognize the term 'Macedonia' and instead using 'Ohrid' to refer to the church. |
| April 10 2022 | 200 priests from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) released an open request to try Patriarch Kirill for heresy and moral crimes related to blessing the war against Ukraine. |
| March 16 2022 | Patriarch Kirill participated in a Zoom video call with Pope Francis, during which he reportedly read justifications for the Russian invasion from a prepared document. |
| March 9 2022 | Patriarch Kirill declared that Russia has the right to use force against Ukraine, asserting that Ukrainians and Russians are one people, and that the West is an enemy of Russia and God. |
| March 6 2022 | Patriarch Kirill justified Russia's attack on Ukraine during a liturgy at the Church of Christ the Savior, claiming it was necessary to side with Donbas and arguing against forgiveness without 'justice'. |
| March 6 2022 | A Russian Orthodox priest from the Moscow Patriarchate's Kostroma Diocese was fined by Russian authorities for delivering an anti-war sermon emphasizing the commandment 'Thou shalt not kill'. |
| February 27 2022 | A group of 286 Russian Orthodox priests published an open letter calling for an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and criticizing the suppression of non-violent anti-war protests in Russia. |
| 2021 | The Metropolis of Trikke and Stagi was renamed to 'Trikis, Gardikiou and Pylis'. |
| September 27 2021 | The Russian Orthodox Church established a religious day of remembrance for Eastern Orthodox Christians persecuted by the Soviet regime, to be observed on 30 October. |
| July 25 2021 | Dimitrios (Ploumis) becomes the new Primate of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France. |
| February 16 2021 | Emmanuel (Adamakis) concludes his leadership as Primate. |
| 2020 | Updated religious census showed a decrease to 14,971 congregants in 89 parishes, with Pennsylvania having the highest number of adherents at 2,784 members across 22 congregations. |
| 2020 | A survey revealed that Eastern Orthodox Christians constituted 1% of the total population in France. |
| September 2020 | North Macedonia's President Stevo Pendarovski wrote a letter to the Ecumenical Patriarch requesting recognition of the Macedonian Orthodox Church. |
| January 2020 | Establishment of the 'vicariate of Russian tradition' within the Metropolis of France, grouping the newly incorporated Russian Orthodox parishes. |
| January 13 2020 | Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met with North Macedonia's Prime Minister Oliver Spasovski and former Prime Minister Zoran Zaev to discuss the ecclesiastical problem of the country. |
| 2019 | Nectarios Spirou becomes the Metropolitan of Kition and Exarchate of Larnaca and Pano Lefkara |
| 2019 | Significant congregational shifts occur within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with some separatist groups leaving to join the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, despite opposition from the Moscow Patriarchate. |
| 2019 | Chrysostomos (Marios) Panagopoulos became the Bishop of the Diocese of Euripos |
| 2019 | Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv and All Ukraine suggested the potential future unification of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. |
| December 14 2019 | During an enlarged Bishops' Council in Kyiv, Epiphanius officially declared the complete liquidation of the UAOC and UOC-KP, confirming their discontinuation in the State Register. |
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