A European digital Covid certificate was made available to Greek citizens as of Tuesday. The idea for such a Covid certificate, in fact, was an initiative promoted by the Greek government. A citizen can receive the certificate under one of three conditions, namely, if a person is fully vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus; or, if…

The Church today venerates the memory of Justin the Philosopher and Martyr, and his Companions.

This year marks several important anniversaries for the Serbian Orthodox Church in America and Canada, and especially in connection with the great 20th-century hierarch St. Nikolai (Velimirović). The Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church gathered at St. Sava’s Cathedral in Belgrade last week, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije. Among other things,…

In honor of International Children’s Day, celebrated annually on June 1, the Romanian Orthodox Church’s Basilica News Agency published several statements from the past few years of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the raising and education of Orthodox children: Children must be educated in the spirit of the Gospel of the love of…

On the Sunday of Samaritan Woman, 30 May 2021, on the feast day of Holy Apostle Andronicus and Saint Junia, His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Buda, Administrator of the Temisoara, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Pecs on the occasion of the church slava. The Bishop was concelebrated by hieromonk Varnava Knezevic, secretary; presbyter Zoran…

It is a path that few will follow and the decision to enter the priesthood seems an even harder one to make in this most secular of ages. Neos Kosmos spoke to Fr Dimosthenes Nicolaou and Fr Nicholas Georgiou about their road to becoming Greek Orthodox priests. Father Nicholas Gerogiou is the priest for The…

On Sunday of the Paralytic Man, 23 May 2021, with the blessing of His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Budim served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the monastery of Most Holy Mother of God the Three-Handed on Mt. Avala. The Bishop was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor Jovo Kalic, hieromonk Varnava Knezevic and…

Bishop Joanikije: Our Holy Assembly of Bishops, which gathered in the name of God around Christ the Living God, manifested and established the unity of our holy Serbian Orthodox Church, Pray to God for the unity of the Church, pray for His Holiness Patriarch who is the head of our Church, the greatest burden is…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, the Chairman of the Holy Synod of Bishops, sent a letter to Mrs. Maja Gojkovic, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, stating that the Serbian Orthodox Church is the largest individual owner of spiritual, movable and immovable cultural heritage in the Republic of Serbia, but that it was…