Today marks the 29th anniversary of the election of Archbishop Anastasios to the throne of the Autocephalous Church of Tirana, Durres and All Albania. On the occasion of the anniversary, Pemptousia Television has posted a documentary on the ground-breaking work and ministry of Archbishop Anastasios in Albania. Anastasios was chosen by the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Holy…

Wednesday’s shocking and unprecedented attack at the Synodal chamber of the Petraki Monastery in central Athens, when a soon-to-be-defrocked priest threw acid at seven Metropolitans of the Church of Greece, the secretary of the Synodal tribunal, two attorneys and a responding police officer continued to reverberate around the world a day later. All of the…

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II sent a letter to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. Ilia II asks the Russian Patriarch to conciliate the release of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze unlawfully imprisoned by the occupied Tskhinvali regime. Ilia II explained in a letter that Russian soldiers detained Zaza…

Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday announced the establishment of a new parish for Romanians in the diaspora. The parish will be in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and will be pastored by Father Pavel Goreanu, a former parish priest in Turin. “It is a right and a moral duty of us to take care of Romanians everywhere,” the Patriarch…

The “Creative for Christ” Orthodox Children’s Short Film Competition announced its winners on Sunday at Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Two Orthodox schools placed themselves equal first. The children from “St Sophia & Three Daughters” Greek Orthodox Church in Sidney and from “St Euphemia” College in Bankstown were awarded by His Grace Bishop Emilianos of…

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim’s condition remained stable on Thursday, attending physicians said, with improvements reported. The beloved Elder remains intubated in an intensive care unit at the Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens and under medication, two days after a tracheotomy was performed on Tuesday morning. A slow but consistent improvement in the Elder’s health has…

His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren celebrated the Vigil service and the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Monastery of Sopocani, on the feast day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit unto the Apostles – Pentecost. Bishop Teodosije, before the feast day, was welcomed by the brotherhood of the Sopocani Monastery, clergy of the Diocesan…

His Eminence Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg took to the skies yesterday to bless the city as it continues to battle the coronavirus epidemic. New cases have been on the rise again since early this month. The hierarch and accompanying clergy flew over the city in a helicopter with icons of Christ the Savior, and…

Just days after the church at St. Joseph the Hesychast Monastery in Toliara, Madagascar was consecrated comes news that the monastic presence in the African country continues to grow, with a new convent being built there. “Another monastery is being built by the tireless efforts of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of North Madagascar,” reports the…