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The online platform Pemptousia is hosting the inaugural Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with spouses of clergymen. The online session was set for Tuesday afternoon, Athens time. The Elder Ephraim will address participants for 30 to 40 minutes, and a question…
The Holy Relics of St. John Vladimir were returned on Monday to a monastery dedicated to the saint in central Albania. The Holy Relics had been kept at the national history museum in Tirana. The Archbishop of Elbasan, His Eminence Antonios, welcomed the translation of the Holy Relics of the saint to the monastery, a…
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week received the Serbian ambassador to Bulgaria, Željko Jović, who briefed him on the situation in Bulgaria and bilateral relations between Belgrade and Sofia. Afterwards, His Holiness received Israel’s ambassador to Serbia, Yahel Vilan, who congratulated him on his election to the throne of the Serbian Orthodox…
The head of the Greek delegation at the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, New Democracy party MP Maximos Harakopoulos, and the founder & chairman of the Orthodox Public Affairs Committee (OPAC), George Gigikos, this week discussed, by video-conference, joint actions by the two organizations, with the intent of protecting persecuted Christians and monuments around the world….
An exclusive report by the Orthodoxia news agency, whereby the relevant education and religious affairs ministry in Greece is promoting a legislative initiative to essentially abolish three higher ecclesiastical academies operating under the auspices of the Church of Greece, has generated heightened concern and questions. According to the latest reports, the draft bill will be…
The Church today venerates the memory of Martin the Confessor, Pope of Rome. Today is the fifth Tuesday of Great Lent.
St. Nicholas Serbian Orthodox Church of Greater Philadelphia was blessed with an Archpastoral visit by our Father and Hierarch, His Grace Bishop Irinej, on April 4, 2021, the Third Sunday of Great and Holy Lent. Along with parish priest, Protopresbyter Milorad Orlic, and Protodeacon Milos Zdralic, His Grace was assisted in celebrating the Divine Liturgy…
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Dr. Zeljko Jovic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Bulgaria in the Serbian Patriarchate on 12 April 2021. During the meeting with Ambassador Jovic, Serbian Patriarch Porfirije pointed out that he was glad that the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Neophyte, was…