The Feast Day of St Andrew the First- Called Apostle was celebrated with splendor at St Andrew’s Grammar On Monday, November 30, 2020, the Feast Day of St Andrew, the First- Called Apostle, was celebrated at St Andrew’s Grammar with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in the presence of His Grace Bishop Elpidios of…
The keynote address delivered by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia at the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology, University of Balamand, on the occasion of the Institute’s 50th anniversary since its establishment. “Bioethical Challenges at the Beginning of Life and the Orthodox Church”
As is known, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia was invited to be the keynote speaker on the occasion of the 50th anniversary since the establishment of the St John of Damascus Institute of Theology at the University of Balamand, Lebanon. The theme that he discussed over the internet concerned contemporary issues in Bioethics. His…
Having completed a very creative and enlightened tour in Western Kenya, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa and his entourage returned to Nairobi. On the morning of Saturday, November 28, the Patriarch visited the “Archbishop Makarios III of Cyprus” Patriarchal Seminary in Riruta. In the Guest Hall of the…
His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, paid an historic visit to the heart of the central valley of Kenya, as for the first time in the history of Orthodoxy in the country a Patriarch visited the Eldoret district, the See of the newly-established Diocese of Eldoret. The valley of…
In order to serve the spiritual and liturgical needs of the Orthodox faithful in Tanzania, a number of liturgical and Patristic texts are being translated into Swahili. The Missionary Home Society, based at the Monastery of St. Dionysios in Olympus, Greece, recently announced that the translation of the most necessary liturgical texts, including the Menaion,…
On Saturday, December 5, Saint Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery will be celebrating with great joy the one-year anniversary of the falling asleep in the Lord of the monastery’s founding father and spiritual guide, Geronda Ephraim of Arizona (he reposed on December 7). Geronda left his holy blessing as an inheritance, not only through the fond…
The Church of Cyprus insisted on Tuesday that receiving holy communion using the same spoon would not spread the coronavirus, as it advised people to apply protective measures and to get vaccinated against the virus. The Church Holy Synod convened on Tuesday to discuss the coronavirus and hear the views of experts who had been…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew served a memorial service on 28 November 2020 at the Patriarchal Church at the Phanar for the victims of the Great Famine (Holodomor) in Ukraine on the occasion of the 87th anniversary of one of the greatest tragedies in the modern history of the country, during which millions of people…