The third Archontariki with Fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos will take place on Wednesday, Aug. 4. The subject of the address and discussion will be “The Panaghia, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, and us.”

On the eastern Aegean island of Psara, commemorations for the bicentennial of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence concluded with a splendorous event in the isle’s main harbor, dedicated to revolutionary hero and admiral Konstantinos Kanaris and his men. The events commenced with a doxology service at the Metropolitan Cathedral on the nearby…

The Metropolitan of Larissa and Tyrnavos, His Eminence Ieronymos, on Sunday officiated at the Vespers and at the First Paraclesis to the All Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, at the Holy Monastery dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos and St. Demetrius, near Stomio, on the eastern coast of central mainland Greece.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, sent greetings and a congratulatory letter to the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude, Ilia II on the occasion of his namesake on Monday, as based on the Julian calendar. In his letter, the Ecumenical Patriarch states: …“In the tradition of Orthodoxy, the…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfiriye, on Monday officiated at services on the feast day of the Great Prophet Elijah, as based on the Julian calendar, at the cathedral dedicated to the Old Testament Prophet in Belgrade.

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the repose in the Lord of Archbishop Makarios III, the first president of the Republic of Cyprus. The Orthodoxia news agency has prepared a feature on this historic leader of Cyprus, which includes rare video and audio material. On the island republic, an official memorial service for the late…

The Church today venerates the memory of Isaacius, Dalmatus, & Faustus, Ascetics of the Dalmation Monastery. Today is also the feast day of Salome the Holy Myrrh-bearer.

On Sunday, August 1, 2021, when our Holy Church prayerfully celebrates the Holy Despot Stefan Lazarevic, on the day of the slava of the church, the faithful people of the Kosmaj Deanery, led by their priests, welcomed His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch in the village of Babe. Together with the first bishop of the…

The Orthodox Church in Sudan gained a legal victory last month when it was granted permission to build a church on its own land. The Church was earlier denied the right to build in Hay-Elrawda, Omdurman, by the Urban Planning Development. While mosques are easily built in Sudan, where Islam is the official state religion,…