The Metropolitan of Maronia and Komotini, His Eminence Panteleimon, arrived on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos over the weekend for the celebration of the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, as based on the Julian calendar, at the invitation of the Elder Archimandrite Nathaniel, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week commented on the situation faced by the Church in Montenegro, stressing that “…Everything the Church does is based on the words of Christ, on faith and prayer, on calmness and love.” Controversial Montenegro President Milo Djukanovic has generated a firestorm of controversy and sharp criticism against…

An international scientific conference entitled “Ecumenical Initiative for the Protection of the Environment and Culture”, held with the blessing of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, will take place at the premises of Halki seminary this Sunday – Sept. 5. This conference is organized by the European Center for Byzantine and…

The Church today venerates the memory of fourth century St. Alexander, as well as John and Paul the New, Patriarchs of Constantinople.

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch served the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Streaming in New Belgrade, on August 29, 2021.  – So far, I have not said a single word about what is happening in Montenegro. We are really very sad and we recognize the modern mechanism of thesis…

St. Tabitha’s Orphanage in Kenya rejoiced greatly on Sunday, as more than two dozen of its wards and several adults were baptized into the holy Orthodox Church. Fr. Agapios Omukuba, the head of the orphanage, celebrated the Baptisms in a local creek in the village of Malava. Altogether, 29 people received Holy Illumination. The entire…

On Saturday, 15/28 August 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Gethsemane at the Holy Church with the Tomb of the Mother of God. On this feast, the Church reminds the faithful of our faith that the Theotokos conceived from the Holy Spirit and bore in the flesh our…

On the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, 14/27 August 2021, the Service of the Lamentations / Epitaph of the Theotokos was held at the Holy Church of the Dormition in Gethsemane. The Procession of the Hagiotaphite Fathers marched from the Patriarchate Headquarters to the Shrine of Gethsemane, led by H.H.B. our Father and…

Patriarch John X met, at the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand, with the students of the preparatory year and first year students of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology. This meeting comes on the occasion of the student’s enrollment at the institute, in preparation for the beginning of the academic year. His Beatitude delivered…