Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece convened for a second consecutive day on Wednesday. According to information collected by the Orthodoxia News Agency, the agenda included the issue of the health of the Metropolitan of Peristeri, His Eminence Klimis, and the degree in which the hierarch can fulfill…

The Church today commemorates Aquila, the Apostle among the 70. Today is also the feast day of Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos.    

On Monday, 29 June/12 July 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy glorious and chiefs of the Apostles Peter and Paul. On this feast, the Church commemorates these two Apostles and their missionary work for Christ. The Church commemorates that Apostle Peter preached Christ Crucified and Resurrected, to the circumcision, namely to the…

The feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was conciliarly and prayerfully celebrated in Cetinje Monastery on 12 July 2021. The Holy Hierarchical Liturgy was officiated by Metropolitan Aristarch of Kemerovo and Prokopijevo from the Russian Orthodox Church, while the elected Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral, Bishop Kirilo of Buenos Aires and…

On the feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul His Grace Bishop Sergije of Bihac-Petrovac and Rmanj officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Gornje Sokolovo. The Bishop was concelebrated by Archimandrites Varnava (Damjanovic) and Vasilije (Rozic), protopresbyter-staurophors Ilija Prole and Marinko…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Giles Norman, Ambassador of Canada, and Her Excellency Ruth Stuart, Ambassador of Australia to the Republic of Serbia at the Patriarchate palace in Belgrade, on 13 July 2021. The primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the ambassadors of Canada and Australia talked about Serbian emigrants and…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America traveled to Germany to take part in the ordination of His Grace Bishop Ambrosios of Argyroupolis on Saturday, July 3, 2021 in the Church of St. Andrew the Apostle in Düsseldorf. His Eminence was joined by His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeias and His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos….

For the first time ever, an Orthodox prayer book in Romanian sign language has been published. The book includes the Trisagion Prayers, the Jesus Prayer, and the Prayers Before Holy Communion, translated by Fr. Ionuț Mihalașcu, the priest for the community of hearing-impaired believers in Buzău. The prayers were published with the blessing of His…

A 1,700-year-old basilica discovered under a school in the Romanian coastal city of Constanța will soon undergo extensive restoration. Constanța City Hall issued an Urban Planning Certificate on Friday in order to obtain the building permit for the investment aimed at rehabilitating and enhancing the historical monument, reports the Basilica News Agency. The Paleochristian basilica…