The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week viewed the devotional film “Man of God” in Serbia, attending a premiere in a central Belgrade movie theater. His Holiness later posted a message on social media, where he noted that he was impressed with the film, adding that amid a period when selfishness and excess…

The ordination of the Monk Anastasios Kirmitzakis to deacon was observed on Thursday during an all-night Vigil at the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. The ordination was officiated by Archbishop Isidoros of Hierapolis. In the morning, the newly ordained Deacon paid his respects to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theofilos III,…

Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, accompanied by the country’s Consul General in Geneva, Alexandros Gennimatas, on Thursday toured the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Swiss town of Chambesy. A delegation from Greece’s culture ministry travelled to Switzerland this week for a series of events in honor of Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has issued an encyclical regarding Sunday’s Feast of the Holy Physicians. The Mother Church will honor, for the first time, the contribution of medical science to mankind, following the decision of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical patriarchate has decided…

The Church today venerates the memory of Loukianos the Martyr of Antioch; as well as Savinos the Bishop of Catania and Barsus the Confessor.

Tanzania’s first monastery, named for the holy Archangel Michael and St. Paisius (Velichkovsky), celebrated its first Divine Liturgy in February of last year. After the service, the foundation stone was laid for the erection of a number of cells and annexes necessary for the proper functioning of the monastery. And work at the holy monastery…

In August 2020, a church was consecrated in honor of the newly glorified St. Joseph the Hesychast in Tbilisi. In June of this year, St. Joseph the Hesychast Church at St. Joseph the Hesychast Monastery in Toliara, Madagascar, was consecrated. Ad now, plans for the first Church of St. Joseph in North America have been…

Fr. Emilian Hutnyan is always there to help his local community any way he can, says the mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio. Thus, on Tuesday evening, Mayor Annette Blackwell awarded the rector of St. Andrew Church (OCA) the 2021 Maple Heights Citizen of the Year Award for being a “valued and selfless dedicated resident of…

On Friday afternoon, October 15, a group from the Hellenic Air Forces visited the Patriarchate of Jerusalem and met with His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III. Jerusalem-Patriarchate