On Thursday 23 April/ 6 May 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Great Martyr George the Trophy-bearer, in which the Church commemorates his martyrdom in Rome, in AD 303 during the reign of Diocletian. His commemoration was celebrated as per below: At the Holy Monastery dedicated to him in the Jewish Quarter…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of His Grace Bishop Nikanor of Banat, in the Cathedral church in Vrsac, on 6 May 2021, on the feast day of Holy Greatmartyr George. At the end of the Holy Liturgy, Bishop Nikanor greeted His Holiness and presented him with the…

On Bright Friday, the first Friday after Easter, the Life-Giving Spring is celebrated. The Life-Giving Spring is all at once a title given to the Mother of God, an actual miracle-working spring near Constantinople, and an Icon of the same name. The icon principally shows the miracle-working spring, located outside the Golden Gate of Constantinople,…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia is in the pleasant position to announce that from today, the Holy Parish of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene in Liverpool, Sydney, is open for the faithful as the chronic issues that have divided the Parish-Community for the last eight years have been resolved. After the intervention of His Eminence…

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May 4, 2021 On Tuesday evening, His Beatitude Patriarch John X met with the Diocesan authorities and agents of Aleppo at the Theater of the Cathedral of Elija the Prophet. At the beginning of the meeting, a short video was played, showing the churches within the diocese along with their parishes, structures, bodies and the…

The Metropolitan of Syros, His Eminence Dorotheos, on Renewal Wednesday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Catholicos, or main cathedral, of the Holy Monastery of St. Irene, on the Cyclades island of Andros. In another corner of the Aegean, the Bishop of StratonIkia, His Grace Stefanos, arrived on the small eastern Aegean isle of…

A new cathedral in Kalamaria district of eastern Thessaloniki, dedicated to St. ArgyrI, the neomartyr of Bursa, and St. Haralambos, is nearing completion. An archieratical Divine Liturgy was held on Renewal Tuesday, officiated by the Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, His Eminence Ioustinos.  

A giant Orthodox iconostasis, measuring 23.8 meters in length and 17 meters in height and with an area of 407 square meters, now sets the new world record for the largest Orthodox Iconostasis, according to the World Record Academy. The iconostasis, the wall of icons and religious paintings separating the nave from the sanctuary in…