This week marks the 30th anniversary of the enthronement of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, to the Patriarchal Throne of the Mother Church. With his ground-breaking initiatives and his diverse work, the Primate of Orthodoxy has emerged as a global ecclesiastical leader of noteworthy international prestige, while continuing to elevate the role…

The Church today venerates the memory of Acindynos, Pegasios, Afthonios, Elpidophoros and Anempodistos, Martyrs of Persia.

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His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, received the President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, Mrs. Annita Demetriou, at the Patriarchal Palace in Belgrade, on October 31, 2021. In a cordial and friendly conversation with the Speaker of the Cypriot Parliament, the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church emphasized the great…

NEW YORK — His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the Human Dignity Award from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) at the New York Hilton this morning, November 1, 2021. AJC President Harriet Schleifer, AJC Chair of Interreligious Affairs Bobi Baruch, and AJC Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations Rabbi Noam Marans presented the award, which…

Dear Harriet Schleifer, Dear Rabbi Noam Marans, Dear Bobi Baruch, Dear friends of the American Jewish Committee, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a privilege and an honor to receive, from the hands of such esteemed friends, this Human Dignity Award of the American Jewish Committee. Allow us to express our deepest gratitude for this expression…

The online Pemptousia platform this afternoon, Athens time, will host the online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on the very timely topic entitled “Is saintliness possible today?”. The address will be given in Greek, with a parallel translation in English, Georgian,…

An emotional Divine Liturgy was again celebrated on Sunday at the St. George Exorinos cathedral in occupied Famagusta, after two years of silence, due to the pandemic and various excuses put forth by the occupation regime in the north of the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by the Protosyngellos of…

Today, Nov. 1, is the second feast day for the Holy Monastery of David of Evia. The Metropolitan of Halkida, His Eminence Chrysostomos, officiated at a Divine Liturgy at the monastery, and co-officiated by the abbot of the monastery, Elder Gabriel. A Great Vespers was held on Sunday afternoon, followed by a litany of the…