The feast of St. John Chrysostom is the name day of His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, Locum Tenens of the patriarchal throne. This year, 2020, of the mercy of the Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan offered prayers to his heavenly patron in the Dobrun Monastery, where, in the Church of the Dormition of the Mother…

The Georgian Orthodox Church has opened a new monastery in America. In a video posted on the Facebook page of His Grace Bishop Saba (Intskirveli), the Georgian Orthodox hierarch serving in America, a monk gives a tour of the new Monastery of St. James-New Studion Monastery at 20000 N. County Line Rd Piedmont, Oklahoma 73012….

The 1st Digital Fellowship from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim Abbot of Holy Monastery of Vatopedi and French Orthodox Faithful of www.orthodoxie.com, which will take place TUESDAY, Dec 1, 2020 07:30-09:30 PM Athens time (12:30 EASTERN). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer real time English Interpretation for the entire session, including…

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The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, was released from an Athens hospital on Monday, more than a week after he was first hospitalized, as a precaution, due to testing positive for the Covid-19 virus. His Beatitude will remain at Archdiocese’s clerical house, and under the observation of his attending physicians. Upon…

The Bishop of Budimlye-Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, the administrator of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, on Sunday celebrated the Holy Hierarchal service at the monastery of the Tracts of St. George, known as Đurđevi Stupovi, on the feast of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Matthew. His Grace, in a sermon, referred to the…

The dean’s office of the school of theology at the University of Athens has expressed its heartfelt thanks towards the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, for the latter’s donation of eight PCs. The dean’s office also personally thanked the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, as well…

UNESCO Assistant Director-General Ernesto Ottone has again expressed concern over the alterations undertaken by Turkish authorities on the iconic Hagia Sophia and the Chora Church — both UNESCO World Heritage sites that Islamist Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan converted into mosques this past year. The top UNESCO official has instructed noted Algerian archaeologist Mounir Bouchenaki…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew, over the weekend officiated at a Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy of the Thronal Feast of Ecumenical Patriarchate, held on the eve of the Feast of Saint Andrew, the founder of the Church of Constantinople. His All-Holiness was accompanied by a delegation of the Orthodox Church of…