A Hierarchical Vespers Service took place at the Holy Monastery of St John in Perth for the feast day of St Paisios the Athonite. The service was presided by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea and took place in the recently built byzantine style Chapel of St Paisios. During the sermon, His Grace reminded everyone…

On Saturday, July 10th 2021, His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Colognia, presided over Matins and served the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Trinity and Saint Luke in Birmingham. During the Divine Liturgy His Eminence ordained to the Priesthood, Deacon Ioan Petkov. thyateira.org.uk

My Beloved Christians, We come together this morning with a confluence of commemorations, which are by no means accidental. Today, we commemorate Saint Euphemia the Great Martyr, whose Holy Relics revealed the truth of the two natures of our Lord Jesus Christ to the Holy Fathers of the Fourth Ecumenical of Chalcedon. These very Relics…

Beloved Protodeacon Rostislav, Today, your service to the Lord advances, together with the community of the Slavic Orthodox Vicariate in America. You, Protodeacon, advance to the rank of Presbyter, in imitation of the Presbyters who surround the Throne of God in the Vision of the Book of the Apocalypse.[*] You have served for six years…

HB Patriarch John X paid a visit to the Grace Center in the monastery of St. George Al-Homeyra in Wadi Al-Nasara, where He visited its various departments and was informed about the ongoing restoration and renovation works. Antioch Patriarchate

The former civil governor of Mount Athos from 2004 to 2010, Georgios Dalakouras, a well-known and respected shipowner and office-holder, passed away this week at the age of 83.  

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, officiated on Thursday at the celebrating St. Prokopios Cathedral in Tirana, as the hierarch reminded the congregation that the first Divine Liturgy held in Albania after the fall of the atheist communist regime was in the same church. The place of worship was returned…

Distinguished US Senator French Hill, accompanied by his associates, visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem this week, where he was received by Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and Hagiotaphite Fathers. He also met with representatives of the other Christian churches of Jerusalem. On the occasion of the visit, Sen. Hill presented the Patriarch with an album entitled…

The Metropolitan of Messinia, His Eminence Chrysostomos, this week reiterated, in one of the more controversial statements on the subject, that not getting vaccinated for the Covid-19 virus, when no other prohibition exists, is tantamount to committing sin. In a widely reproduced statement, His Eminence notes that “…Either you get the vaccination and create a…