“Easter, the great celebration of Orthodoxy, a day that symbolises for all the victory of the Light against the darkness, of Justice against injustice, of Love against bigotry…, can be this year a day of certainty for a better future”, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted in his message for Easter. “After many difficult years we…

In what was a world first the Hellenic Presidential Guard who are in South Australia for an official visit from Athens, stood guard in full ceremonial uniform at the Greek Orthodox Good Friday service held in Adelaide. The Evzones attended the afternoon and evening service of Holy Friday at St George Church in Thebarton and…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos expressed his wish for a “true Easter” for all people in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) for Orthodox Easter Sunday, noting that this meant primarily “an internal resurrection that is for each person individually and at the same time for all people.” Explaining that the…

At the Easter Vigil celebrated Saturday night, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Resurrection of Christ is a feast of forgiveness, recalling that before Christ breathed his last on the Cross He prayed for His enemies, for those who sentenced Him to death and for those who crucified Him. ‘This humble, crucified love became…

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, welcomed Saturday evening, April 27, 2019 at the Patriarchal Cathedral the Holy Fire (Light) from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The Assistant Bishops to the Patriarch, Their Graces Varlaam of Ploiești and Ieronim of Sinaia, were also present. The Holy Fire was brought to Romania by…

The Holy Fire arrived in Romania on Saturday evening, April 27, 2019. The plane bringing the Romanian delegation, headed by His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova, landed on Henri Coandă International Airport at 19:09 The Holy Fire was brought from Jerusalem to Romania for the eleventh time this year. The tradition was established by His…

A lantern carrying a flame lit in Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulcher Church has been welcomed to Greece with honors reserved for visiting heads of state on the eve of Orthodox Easter. But a senior cleric boycotted the ceremony, miffed that the holy flame wasn’t arriving at the airport within his territorial jurisdiction. Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia…

The Holy Flame has arrived from Jerusalem with an hour and a half delay and planes are scrambling to help bring it to every corner of Greece in time for the midnight vigil celebrating the Resurrection. The military plane that transported the flame from Israel landed at Elefsina military airport, west of Athens, at 8…

The Serbian Orthodox Church to her spiritual children at Pascha, 2019 +IRINEJ By the Grace of God Orthodox Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, with all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: grace, mercy and…