On Monday afternoon, 13/26 July 2021, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus and his entourage visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre while on a national mission in Israel. The Minister was received by His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers, His Eminence Geronda Sacristan Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis…

According to an announcement by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Wednesday, a November visit by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I to Cuba and Guatemala has been canceled, with the Patriarchal see referring to technical reasons as necessitating the cancellation.

The Metropolitan of Fthiotida, His Eminence Simeon, this week visited several cathedrals and monasteries in the south-central prefecture of Fthiotida, on the occasion of Tuesday’s feast day of Panteleimon, the Great Martyr & Healer. His Eminence officiated at the Archieratical Vespers at the celebrating cathedral of St. Panteleimon at the Metropolis-run elderly home in the…

The Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Porfirije, this week received numerous congratulations from Orthodox Primates and hierarchs from around the world on the occasion of his 60th birthday. Αmong the messages he received were from the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Patriarch Kirill, of Moscow and All Russia,…

Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and his associates on Monday visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the sidelines of an official visit to Israel and talks with Israeli officials. Minister Nikos Christodoulides was received by His Beatitude, the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, who was accompanied by Hagiotaphite Fathers and hierarchs of…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday welcomed delegates in Athens attending the 13th General Assembly of the World Hellenic Inter-Parliamentary Association. In his welcoming address, Mitsotakis praised the contributions of lawmakers of Greek descent around the world in promoting Greece’s position on the international stage, and in defense of the Hellenism’s national rights, while…

The Archbishop of Kinshasa and Central Africa Nikiforos reposed in the Lord today, a day after being airlifted from the Congo and hospitalized at a Thessaloniki hospital in northern Greece. The venerable Nikiforos had originally been hospitalized with Covid-19 in the African country. The reposed Metropolitan was born in Thessaloniki in 1949. In October 2010,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Irene the Righteous of Chrysovalantou, who hailed from Cappadocia and lived in the ninth century.

Construction is well underway on the future Church of St. Gabriel (Urgebadze), the Fool-for-Christ of Samtavro Monastery in the Tula Province, just south of Russia. The church is the first in Russia to be dedicated to the great 20th-century Georgian saint. St. Gabriel reposed in 1995 and was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church in…