The Holy Archdiocese of Australia this week regretfully announced that the annual celebration of Theophany at Sydney’s Yarra Bay has been cancelled. The same decision was taken for the traditional services of the Sanctification of the Waters and the Throwing of the Cross in the states of Victoria and Western Australia. The Archdiocese said its…

A strong earthquake that struck neighboring Croatia on Tuesday has damaged several Orthodox cathedrals and parish buildings in the Petrinja and Sisak districts. Additionally, the cathedral of St. Spyridon was also severely damaged, while the body of a man was found in the collapsed church of St. Nicholas in the village of Zazina, according to…

A conciliar Holy Liturgy and 40-day memorial service was held on Tuesday for reposed Patriarch Irinej of Serbia at the crypt of the St. Sava cathedral in Belgrade, where the latter is interred. Besides the relatives and close associates of Irinej, the services were attended by the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, who left flowers…

An exodios funeral service and inter-ment was held on Wednesday for the reposed Metropolitan of Kastoria Seraphim, the Metropolis’ pastoral father for the past 24 years. he funeral service was held in the morning at the Dormition of the Theotokos cathedral in the eponymous lake-side city, officiated by the Metropolitan of Didymoticho, His Eminence Damaskinos,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Anysia, the Virgin-martyr of Thessaloniki. Today is also the feast day of St. Theodora of Caesarea.

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, issued a pastoral encyclical for the coming New Year, where he noted that “…We are greeting the New Year of the Grace of our Lord, even as we share the long-suffering of our Lord that has strained our hearts and souls in the year that is behind us….

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borissov has inspected the rehabilitation of the road to the Rila Monastery. A 150 m long retaining wall has been built to fortify a section of the road which was blocked by a landslide at the beginning of the year. The inspection was broadcast online on Borissov’s Facebook page. “I want…

For many of us, the year 2020 was extremely memorable – a year of reassessment of our value system. Some said farewell to loved ones, others lost their jobs, others saw the way to the salvation of their souls. On the eve of the New 2021, most Bulgarians look to the uncertain future with mixed…

On the Feast of St. Stephen, Bishop Tikhon Tiveriopolski became the second vaccinated in Bulgaria after the Minister of Health Kostadin Angelov, the Ministry of Health has reported. Before dedicating himself to the church, the bishop himself worked as a paramedic in a hospital in Stuttgart. “With this act during these bright holidays, I want…