Sessions of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece for the month of December began today and will continue until Friday, with hierarchs of the Holy Synod expected to deal only with issues on the agenda.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday afternoon, amid the thronal celebration on the occasion of the feast day of Andrew, the First-Called Apostle, received a delegation of mayors from Greece’s largest municipalities. The mayors of Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras and Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos, arrived in the ancient…

The Church today venerates the memory Philaret the Merciful of Amnia, who lived in Asia Minor in the eighth century. Today is also the feast day of Nahum the Prophet.

On Sunday, 28 November 2021, His Grace Bishop Sava of Marca celebrated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the prayerful presence of the host, His Grace Bishop David of Krusevac, in the Cathedral church of Holy Great Martyr George in Krusevac. The Bishop was concelebrated by Secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops protosynchellos Nektarije, head…

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, attended on 27 November 2021, the Sunday’s festal vesper service on the Eve of the beginning of the Nativity Fast in the chapel of Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Belgrade. The service was attended by professors and students of the…

Another soup kitchen for the poor and needy has been opened by the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Daniil of Vidin, the Vidin Metropolis recently founded and opened a kitchen for those in need in the northwestern town, reports Dobrotoliubie.  The kitchen will operate at the Metropolitan Church of…

While abortion tragically remains legal and a serious problem in Russia, the Ministry of Health issued an order last week that can be welcomed by Orthodox Christians. According to the order, doctors are now prohibited from trying to persuade parents to have an abortion or abandon their child in cases where disabilities are detected or…

Thousands of Orthodox faithful in Montenegro took to the streets throughout 2020 in defense of their holy sites against the pretensions of the anti-Orthodox government. Processions were held several times a week throughout the country, many led by the beloved Metropolitan Amfilohije, who reposed late in the year. Now the hierarchs and participants in the…

According to reports from a number of Greek outlets, the health of His Eminence Metropolitan Kosmas of Aetolia of the Orthodox Church of Greece is deteriorating. His Eminence has been at home since November 21, when he tested positive for the coronavirus. He is among family and is being treated by trusted physicians. The Orthodoxia…