The annual New Year’s Day Divine Liturgy commemorating the Circumcision of our Lord and the feast day of Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, was held on Saturday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyt, in his New Year’s message, extoled the faithful to enter 2022…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the chapel of the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest. In a sermon, His Beatitude focused on the life, preaching and martyrdom of the sacred John the Forerunner, also known as John the Baptist, who ministered at the Mystery of the…

A memorial service in the Holy Land for the Hagiotaphite Fathers of old was observed on Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, after a Divine Liturgy, which was officiated by Jerusalem Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Kapitolias, His Eminence Isychios. The memorial service was held for the Patriarchs, High Priests, Priests, Hieromonks, Hierodeacons,…

The Metropolitan of Aetolia & Akarnania Kosmas reposed in the Lord in the early morning hours of Monday. The reposed metropolitan had been treated in an ICU ward at a major Athens hospital for more than a month, suffering from severe Covid-19 symptoms and underlying health conditions. The reposed hierarch had not been vaccinated for…

Today the Church observes the forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Today is also the feast day of Malachi the Prophet.

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The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, on Friday heard traditional New Year’s carols by the philharmonic bands of the Cypriot police and national guard at the Archdiocese.

Church volunteers in Bucharest this week distributed gifts to more than 1,900 children of at-risk families, with a celebratory event taking place at the chapel of the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Savior of the Nation in the Romanian capital.

Several important developments affected Orthodoxy over the past year. The continued and ominous presence of the pandemic wasn’t enough to dampen the significant milestones and events of the Orthodox world. For instance, the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece over the past year took a very active role in organizing and participating in commemorative events to…