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The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, during his sermon on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in the Albanian capital, called on the faithful to employ “… a permanent vaccination against all forms of spiritual illnesses”, speaking on the occasion of the great feast of the Entry of the…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Venerable Iakovos of Evia, the New Ascetic, who was canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in November 2017. An Orthros service and Divine Liturgy in memory of the saint was held on Sunday at the Monastery of St. David the Elder of Evia, where St. Iakovos (Jacob) was…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week continued his much-anticipated pastoral visit to Athens. On Sunday, the Ecumenical Patriarch officiated at the Vespers held at the Ascension of the Lord glebe, known in Greek as a metochion, of the Simonos Petra Monastery of Mount Athos, which is located in the…

New and stricter measures against the spread of the coronavirus in Greece went into effect on Monday. The measures, announced last week by the Greek government and primarily aimed at unvaccinated individuals, include a provision whereby entry into houses of worship now requires a negative PRC or rapid test result, or alternately, presentation of a…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Apostle Philemon and his wife Apphia, along with the relative Archippus and the servant Onesimus.  

On the first anniversary of the repose of the blessed memory of Patriarch Irinej, His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the crypt of the Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade, on November 20, 2021. Their Graces Bishops Pahomije of Vranje and Arsenija of Nis served together in the prayerful…

On November 18, 2021, a humanitarian action took place in Bosra in southern Syrian Daraa District. It was organized by the Russian national veteran organization “Boevoe Bratstvo” (Combat Brotherhood) together with the Center for the Reconciliation of the Opposing Sides and the Russian Orthodox Church Representation to the Patriarchate of Antioch. One of the general…

Western Australia recently saw another successful celebration in Geraldton, 415km North of Perth, for the Feast Day of the Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Many parishioners made their way from Perth to Geraldton by car and bus, a handful by plane, to celebrate the occasion. His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea officiated the…