The Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia noted that “…the war in the Holy Land is a tribulation for the local residents and the entire region, but it also pains the hearts of millions, including those in Georgia, as our spiritual life is, and continues to be linked deeply with them.”

Greece’s president of the republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on Friday continued an official tour of the northeast Thrace region, visiting the city of Komotini for the commemorations of the 101st anniversary of the region’s liberation and inclusion into the modern Greek state.    

Thousands of Muslims took part in a group prayer on Thursday, led by Turkey’s supreme imam Ali Erbaş, at the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople – the first time that a so-called Bayram festival was celebrated there after a shocking decision by Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to reconvert the greatest of all basilicas of…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Hieromartyr Therapontus, one of the bishops of Cyprus, as well as new Martyr John of Bulgaria.

У суботу, 8. маја 2021. године, Његово Преосвештенство Епископ аустријско-швајцарски г. Андреј је присуствовао празничнoм вечерњем богослослужењу у храму Светог апостола Томе у Санкт Пелтену. Са благословом Епископа служили су свештеници Вељко Савић, парох из Тулна, и Каталин Соаре из Санкт Пелтена (Румунска Патријаршија), док су за певницом појали надлежни парох Далибор Петрић, г. Милан…

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, on May 13, 2021, on the feast of the Holy Apostle James Zevedeyev. On that occasion, His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia was received by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine in the Patriarchal Residence in Jerusalem. spc.rs

On the Sunday of Antipascha (St. Thomas’ Sunday), May 9, 2021, the parish of the Holy Great Martyr George, the Victory-Bearer, in Clearwater celebrated its Feast Day – Slava. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by the Very Reverend Protopresbyter Vladan Marić while the parish choir sang the liturgical responses. Following the prayer behind the ambo,…

On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, on the feast of St. Basil of Ostrog, which is the church Patron Saint-day of the Cathedral Church in Niksic, the festive procession of the faithful passed through the city as a sign of respect, love and gratitude to their heavenly protector and patron Saint Basil of Ostrog. The procession…

This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features the parish of St. Anna Greek Orthodox Church in Roseville, California on “Learning from our Parishes.” The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation…