The Metropolitan of Maronia and Komotini, His Eminence Panteleimon, presided over a holy wake on Sunday evening at the celebrating chapel of St. Paisios, adjacent to the Annunciation of the Thetokos Cathedral in the northeast city of Komotini. The faithful venerated an icon of the saint displayed outside the chapel’s courtyard. In a related commemoration…

Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will convene on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, with the primary issues on the agenda being the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination program in Greece as well as a draft bill recently tabled by the education and religious affairs ministry, which, among others, affects…

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Georgian Patriarch Ilia II extended his condolences to the family and friends of the late TV Pirveli cameraman Aleksandre (Lekso) Lashkarava. “Child’s death is deeply tragic and painful. We pray for him, for his immortal soul,” the Patriarch said. Ilia II also noted that nothing could change the fervent implore of the late cameraman’s mother….

On the Eve of the feast day of Sts. Peter and Paul faithful people of Posavina gathered for the first time around His Grace Bishop Isihije of Valjevo who officiated the Holy Liturgy in the church of Descent of the Holy Spirit unto Apostles in Obrenovac. The Bishop was concelebrated by protonamesniks Filip Jakovljevic and…

His Holiness received members of the water polo national team of Serbia, participants of the upcoming Olympics in Tokyo at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 9 July 2021(photo gallery). The President of the Water Polo Federation of Serbia Mr. Viktor Jelenic handed over to His Holiness a plaque, while the water polo cap with…

Reverend Father George Liangas from St Nectarios Greek Orthodox Church in Burwood is doing his bit to help spread COVID-19 stay at home orders in Greek by featuring in NSW Health’s latest video campaign. In the campaign, Father Liangos can be heard urging the local Greek community to stay at home unless for the four…

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe (ROCOR), on July 2-4, 2021, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Romanov Society, UK organized special events to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the glorification of the Royal Martyrs and Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna among the host of New Martyrs of Russia by the…

Attending physicians treating the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim at the Evangelismos Hospital’s ICU ward on early Monday morning proceeded to remove his intubation through a tracheotomy. After the auspicious development, the beloved Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi will remain in the same ICU ward for a few days more, under the constant…