Every year on September 24, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates the icon of Panagia Myrtidiotissa which was found on Kythera in the 14th century. “The Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos Of the Myrtle Tree” (Myrtidiotissa) is now in the monastery church of Myrtides on the island of Kythera. It derives its name from the…

On Tuesday September 22, 2020, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph met online via Zoom with the eight 2020 Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese Francis Maria scholarship recipients. Each of the eight students received $5,000 in scholarship money. Father Joseph and Khouria Kathleen Purpura represented the Francis Maria Scholarship Committee and the Maria family at the meeting, in…

  On Sunday, 20 September 2020 in Perth WA, the Australian Hellenic council together with SAE (Council of Greeks Abroad), presented a discussion on “The Return of the Parthenon Marbles to Greece”. The guest speakers were Simon Millman (MLA) and Evan Kakulas, a legal personality and the National President of the Australian Hellenic Council. Mr…

The Church of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God in Cajnice, in which the miraculous icon of the Most Holy Mother of God “the Cajnice Krasnica” is being kept, solemnly and magnificently celebrated its saint patron feast-day. In the year of the Lord’s mercy, in 2020, His Eminence Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrisostom…

In a message for the start of the new academic year 2020/2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel highlighted that given the health crisis caused by the new coronavirus, “young students need more support from the Family, School and Church to form themselves intellectually and professionally, but also spiritually and culturally.” The Patriarch noted that the Holy…

On September 23, 2000, a month after the Moscow Patriarchate canonized Tsar Nicholas II and his family as Royal Passion-bearers, His Holiness Patriarch Alexei II visited the mine where their holy bodies were disposed of near the village of Koptyaki and blessed the construction of a monastery in their honor. Yesterday, the 20th anniversary of…

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The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has approved of an initiative to boost the Church’s presence and outreach to society, especially younger generations, via the Internet. The Bulgarian Patriarchate’s website, among others, will be upgraded and expanded, and will offer an electronic bookstore and digital library.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, has bestowed the Russian Church’s highest distinction to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, during a reception held at the Patriarchal hall in Moscow. His Holiness praised the minister’s contribution to consolidating peace and justice in international relations, as well as facilitating cooperation between the Church…