Romanian Teens Polled

A poll in Romania has found that many of its teens may be anti-Semitic and racist. More here.

Initiatives of Sofia's Jewish Community Leader

The young leader of Sofia's Jewish community, Alexander Oscar, is seeking to raise awareness of anti-Semitism in Bulgaria and also diversify the religious options available to Bulgaria's Jews. More here.

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Clarifies Past Statements

In an interview Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus sought to clarify his previous statements on Jews and other groups he views as threat to Greece, but in the process only reinforced the impressions given by his previous statements. More here.

Greek Orthodox Church Speaks Against Piraeus Metropolitan's Comments

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece has denounced the recent anti-Semitic and anti-Islamic comments of Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus, saying that the Greek Orthodox Church opposes "any form of racial and religious discrimination." More here.

Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Blasted for Anti-Semitic Comments

Following blatantly anti-Semitic comments made on Greek television Metropolitan Seraphim (Mentzelopoulos) of Piraeus of the Greek Orthodox Church is the subject of a campaign by American Jews to have his comments publicly condemned by the Ecumenical Patriarchate as well as Archbishop Jerome II (Liapis) of Athens and All Greece. More here.

Bishop Irinej of Bachka on the Holocaust, Communism

Bishop Irinej (Bulovic) of Bachka of the Serbian Orthodox Church has stated that the crimes of the Nazi Germans are not equal to those of the Yugoslav Communists after World War II despite a number of concerning similarities to one another. Bishop Irinej also condemned anti-Semitism and reminded reporters of Patriarch Pavle (Stojchevic) of blessed memory's strong stance against the rise of anti-Semitism in post-Communist Yugoslavia and Serbia. More here.