On Sunday, 14/27 June 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of Holy Prophet Elisha in Jericho, the main place of his life and action. On this feast, the Church commemorates that Prophet Elisha, son of Safat from the town Avel Meoul in the land of Manasi, was a farmer by profession and was called by…
On Sunday, 14/27 June 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Sunday of all Saints, as it is established in the Book of Pentecostarion. On this feast, we celebrate the commemoration of all the Saints, one week after Pentecost, in order to denote that all the Saints are the fruit of the inspiration of…
On Saturday, 13/26 June 2021, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Prayer House of Patriarch Abraham in Beer Sheva, on the anniversary of the first Divine Liturgy that was celebrated on the Apodosis of Pentecost in the year 2017, and for the first anniversary of the ordination to Priest of the ministering Priest of…
On June 28, 2021, on Saint Vitus Day, in the monastery of Gracanica, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, said that every time he comes to Kosovo and Metohija, he has a feeling that he has returned to his home, and that every absence from Kosovo is separation from God and brothers. “Every time we come…
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Gracanica monastery, on 28 June 2021, on Saint Vitus Day (Vidovdan). The Liturgical gathering was officiated by His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, with the concelebration of Their Graces Bishops Atanasije of Mileseva, Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic and elected Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral,…
Thanks to the faith and piety of one Bessarabian woman, the new Church of St. Nicholas and St. Stephen the Great is being built in the town of Edineț, in the Republic of Moldova. In her will, Maria Andronache bequeathed her fortune for the building of a church that “will belong canonically to the Romanian…
Within the framework of the National Volunteer Week 2021, the Greek Orthodox Community of SA – Community Care Services honoured and acknowledged their volunteers with a Morning Tea in a beautifully set up Olympic Hall on Wednesday 23rd June 2021. The event was attended by approximately 50 volunteers along with Mr Bill Gonis OAM, President…
His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgarias was discharged from the neurological department of the Acibadem Clinical Hospital in Sofia on Friday, June 25, after spending more than a week in the hospital. The Patriarch returned to the Patriarchal House of the Holy Metropolis of Sofia, and is in good health, reports the Bulgarian Patriarchate. The…
The condition of the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim is improving day by day, attending physicians announced on Monday, as one month has passed since the Elder was admitted to Athens’ Evangelismos Hospital after contracting the Covid-19 virus. According to the medical staff, the beloved Elder’s system is reacting positively to medications prescribed last week, generating optimism…