His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy and the solemn rite of consecration of the elected and proclaimed Very Venerable Archimandrite Jerotej (Petrovic) to the rank of Bishop of Toplica, Vicar Bishop of the Serbian Patriarch, in the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in the Vracar district, on 4 July 2021 The…

After the election for Vicar of His Holiness Porfirije, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch, in an old Belgrade’s Cathedral church of Saint Michael the Archangel, the rite of proclamation of High Venerable Archimandrite Jerotej for Bishop of Toplica was performed on 3 July 2021. The solemn rote was offiated by His…

St. Tikhon’s Monastery is pleased to announce the fall 2021 launch of a new residential Music Program. The St. Tikhon’s Residency in Music provides comprehensive training for Orthdox church music leaders amidst the rich and demanding liturgical life of America’s oldest Orthodox monastery. Residents receive both classroom training and on-the-job experience under the expert guidance…

After six decades of injustice, the Metropolis of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church will be officially re-registered as the owner of the four churches on the resort island of Aman Sveti Stefan near the coastal town of Budva. The presidents of the board of directors of Budva Riviera and Sveti Stefan…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is traveling to Germany to take part in the ordination of Bishop-elect Ambrosios of Argyroupolis on Saturday, July 3, 2021 at the Church of St. Andrew the Apostle in Düsseldorf. Archbishop Elpidophoros and Bishop-Elect Ambrosios have known each other prior to their ordination to the Holy Priesthood, and were…

The condition of the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim continues to improve, attending physicians reported on Saturday. The Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos has been treated at the public Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens since May 28. The beloved Elder’s attending physicians said he continues to respond positively to medication,…

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The head of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem, Archimandrite Alexander Yelisov this week received the Israeli interior ministry’s director for Christian communities, with restrictions still imposed on Russian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land due to the pandemic topping discussions.

The feast day of Cosmas and Damian, the Holy Unmercenaries, was celebrated on Thursday at the Cathedral dedicated to the saints in the northern city of Edessa. A day earlier, the Holy Relic of St. Kallinikos, Bishop of Edessa, was reverently conveyed to the cathedral, followed by a con-celebratory Vespers officiated by the Bishop of…