On Sunday the 17th of October 2021, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Archdiocesan District of Perth celebrated for the first time the Feast of the Synaxis of all Holy Medical Doctor Saints. This is a new feast established on the 21st of July 2021 by the Holy Synod of…

On Monday, October 18, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, formerly of America, was honored at a celebration highlighting the publication of the Festschrift Evangelist, Shepherd and Teacher: Studies in Honor of Archbishop Demetrios of America by Holy Cross Orthodox Press. The celebration took place at the Maliotis Cultural Center at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox…

St. George Cathedral of Stockholm October 20, 2021 Your Excellencies, Most Honorable Civic, Community and Church Leaders, Members of the Swedish and Hellenic Parliament, Members from the Fields of Arts and Sciences, Esteemed Guests, We express our appreciation to the organizers of tonight’s event and all those who contributed to the presentation of the compositions…

An excerpt of the Greek-language book “Elder Joseph of Vatopedi” has been posted today on the online platform Pemptousia, authored by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Elder Ephraim recounts the life and works of the reposed Elder Joseph.  

Numerous faithful this week continued to arrive at the Holy Monastery of St. Gerasimos on the Ionian Island of Cephalonia for the commemorative and worshipful events on the occasion of one of the two annual feast days for the revered saint. A con-celebratory Archieratical Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Wednesday at the dedicated cathedral in…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, met with theology instructors, during a meeting organized by the Russian Church’s Synodal Department for Religious Education and Catechization. The session was also attended by the chairman of the specific synodal department, Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg, His Eminence Evgeny, as well as the Russian Federation’s education…

A Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Tuesday morning at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, in Ramallah, on the occasion of the commemoration of Holy Glorious Apostle Thomas, as based on the Julian calendar. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, later met with Orthodox clerics in the area after…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week received the mayor of the historic Souli municipality, Ioannis Karagiannis. The municipality is located in mountainous northwest Greece. The focus of discussions centered on the prospect of a return of all the Holy Relics of St. Donatus, Bishop and Confessor of the faith,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Artemios the Great Martyr of Antioch. St. Artemius lived during the reign of Constantine the Great, and was appointed by him as governor of Alexandria. During the subsequent reign of Julian the Apostate, in the year 361, Artemius appeared before the emperor and censured him for his apostasy….