Beloved Fathers and Co-workers in the Lord, This is, indeed, a very special moment – to light the Christmas Tree and rejoice together – because God has graced us to celebrate once again the Birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. Over the past year, we have made tremendous sacrifices here at our Archdiocesan Headquarters –…

The Metropolitan of Gortyna & Megaloupoli Jeremiah reposed in the Lord on Tuesday evening at the age of 80. According to an announcement by the local Archdiocese, an exodios funeral service for the reposed hierarch of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will be held in the early afternoon on Thursday at the Cathedral of…

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An online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and the Friends of Mount Athos society, will be hosted by the digital platform Pemptousia on Thursday, at 19.30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT. Speaking ahead of the Christmas holiday, the Elder Ephraim will address…

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Astana & Almaty, His Eminence Alexander, was honored with the highest state distinction of Kazakhstan this week by the central Asian country’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, on the occasion of 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s impendence. The vast country’s head of state referred to the very significant role of the Orthodox…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Monday visited the parish of St. Demetrios in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. His Eminence was warmly welcomed by the presiding priest, Rev. Gregory Gilbert, members of the Parish Council, ministry leaders and parishioners.  

The Serbian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Joanikije, on Monday conducted a trisagion prayer service at a military mausoleum on the small islet of Vido for the repose of the souls of Serbian soldiers who fell during WWI. Vido is located at the mouth of the port of Corfu, itself…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Monday, speaking during an extraordinary session of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, and in the presence of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, referred directly to the need to revise a 1945 law regarding the state’s contribution towards the payroll of 6,000…

The Church today venerates the memory of the martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius & Callinicus, Martyrs of Apollonia.