Annual commemorative events, celebrations and a military parade in the northern city of Thessaloniki, scheduled at the end of the month, will take place as planned, the relevant alternate interior minister said on Tuesday. Three days of events begin in Thessaloniki on Oct. 26, the feast day of St. Demetrius, the city’s patron saint, and…

Sessions of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Church of Greece continued for a second straight day on Tuesday, with hierarchs of the Church meeting at the Inter-Orthodox Center at the Holy Monastery of Penteli, due north of Athens. The sessions of the Holy Synod will continue until Friday, chaired by the Archbishop of Athens…

The Church today venerates the memory of Charitina the Martyr. Today is also the feast day of the Hieromartyr Hermogenes the Wonderworker, Bishop of Samos.

On Monday, October 4, 2021, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was convened, chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III. His Beatitude discussed with the members of the Synod a number of issues related to ecclesiastical and pastoral administrative affairs that fall into the service of the…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the solemn rite of proclamation of Very Reverend Archimandrite Sava for Bishop of Marca, Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch in the old Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael in Belgrade on 2 October 2021 (photo gallery). Besides the primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the following participated in the…

The Church of the Exaltation of the Lord’s Cross has a deep history in the village of Horostyta in eastern Poland. The first archival mention of the church comes from 1521, thus the parish community is celebrating its 500th anniversary this year. Orthodoxy has had a difficult history in Horostyta, with events such as the…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, with the attendance of Archbishops and Priests of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulcher, carried out a tonsure of two novices this morning, October 5, at the Pentecost chapel at the Patriarchate’s headquarters.     Photos by: Heba Hrimat Jerusalem-Patriarchate

On Sunday 20 September/3 October 2021, the first Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, this feast was celebrated again at the Holy Monastery of the Cross, near the Jewish Knesset, in West Jerusalem. The order of the Church of Jerusalem celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in this Monastery…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America My Beloved Brothers and Concelebrants in the Holy Spirit, I greet each and every one of you in the beauty and glory of our Holy Orthodox Christian Faith. I feel so very blessed that we are able to gather in person this year, even though we yet face many…