On December 27, 2020, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral on the Sunday of Forefathers (the 29th Sunday after Pentecost). The arch-pastor was assisted at the service by Cathedral Dean and Metropolitan Secretary, archpriest Vadim Cheibas, and the synaxis of priests and deacons of…

In his New Year’s message, Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina urged everyone to be closer to God. He urged more hope that God would not leave us and that the Mother of God would not forsake us. “Holy joy, a blessed end of the year, and the coming year to be a time of…

In a video message for the New Year 2021, Patriarch Daniel wished the faithful good health and much help from God. On the occasion of the New Year 2021, we address to all paternal blessings, wishes for good health and salvation, peace and joy, happiness and much help from God in all the good deeds,…

HB Patriarch John X at New Year’s Divine Liturgy: “Today we celebrate the feast with a heartache because of the kidnapped, all the kidnapped, including our brothers the Metropolitans of Aleppo, John Ibrahim and Paul Yazigi.” On January 1, 2021, His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, presided the…

The ordination of Monk Marcellus to Deacon by His Eminence, Geronda Sacristan and Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis was held during the All-night Vigil at the Holy Sepulchre, on 3/19 December 2020. The ordained Deacon Marcellus is distinguished for his Higher Education, the excellent command of foreign languages and his spiritual education in a long-term preparation…

Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended New Year’s Greek Orthodox services at the Athens Metropolitan Cathedral on Friday. Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece officiated at the liturgy, which commemorates Aghios Vassilios and his name day. Churches have been allowed to open on a limited basis during Christmas and New…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, received a warm reply over the weekend by US President-elect Joe Biden, after the former had extended his congratulations immediately after Biden’s election victory. In a handwritten postscript, the former US vice-president and future president added: “Be well. We need your leadership.” The entire letter to…

A Greek government spokesman on Saturday announced that the annual Sanctification of the Waters and tossing of the Cross ceremonies by Orthodox hierarchs and clerics on Jan. 6 – the splendorous feast day of the Epiphany or Theophany – will not take place outdoors, but only within cathedrals and chapels and without the presence of…

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II congratulated the Georgian people on the New Year. “We ask God for peace, joy, this life is changeable, we look to the future with hope, God loves man, the human action must be virtuous, kind. . . . Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! We…