The year 2023 will be an occasion to commemorate hymnographers and church chanters (psaltes) in the Romanian Patriarchate, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided this December. The Reverend Archdeacon Mihail Bucă, founder and conductor of the Tronos Byzantine Choir of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, welcomed this decision. “I feel that the…

Metropolitans of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece have sent their heartfelt best wishes to the God-loving faithful for Christmas and the coming New Year, via the St. Maximus the Greek Institute, with messages posted on the webpages of the Orthodoxia news agency and the Pemptousia platform.                …

Messages and phone calls expressing best wishes for a speedy recuperation and on the occasion of the Christmas Feast Day continued to be received by the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, who tested positive for the Covid-19 virus a day earlier. His All Holiness remains in good spirits and with only mild symptoms…

Today we celebrate the Nativity of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Today, the Virgin bears Him who is transcendent, and the earth presents the cave to Him who is beyond reach. Angels, along with shepherds glorify Him. The Magi make their way to Him by a star. For a new child has been born…

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The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, expressed his Christmas wishes to all during an online synaxis, or assembly, held Thursday with youths and children. The online assembly was organized and live-streamed by Pemptousia platform.

The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, in his Christmas message, said the Church calls on the faithful to not only rejoice in the coming of the Lord, but to also reinforce their faith in His constant presence, through heartfelt prayer and participation in the Holy Communion.

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, also issued His message for Christmas of 2021, saying this event, this mystery, is celebrated today in a solemn way, in praise and thanksgiving throughout the world by the Orthodox Church of Christ, especially by the Church of Jerusalem and the city of Bethlehem. Theophilos…