The Archdiocese of Australia welcomed with satisfaction a retraction issued by the ABC news network. The latter media group expressed an apology to the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, for the distorting reports, which bordered on the slanderous, which it had published last April at the expense of the Archbishop, the Greek Orthodox Church…

The Patriarch οf Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Saturday officiated at the solemn rite of the proclamation of Archimandrite Justin as Bishop of Hvosno, held at the ancient Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade. Archimandrite Justin accepted the will and decision of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The…

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, officiated at a service on Sunday on the occasion of the forefeast of the Exaltation of the Precious Cross, held at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Tirana.

The new academic year in Greece began on Monday, with a traditional blessing ceremony held in the courtyards of all public primary and secondary schools, with public distancing measures in place. After the blessing ceremony, clerics visited classrooms to bless the pupils and educators that were not in the courtyards. In his message to educators…

The feast day of the Holy Cincture of the All-Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, was celebrated with centuries-old Athonite rite and splendor on over the weekend at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Stavronikita, the Elder Archimandrite Tichon, presided over the services. On Sunday…

The Church today observes the Forefeast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross. Today is also the feast day of Cornelius the Centurion & Martyr.

The altar of Romania’s National Cathedral has begun to display its beautiful mosaic iconography with scaffolding starting to come down. Like all important works, the iconographic project of the altar started on paper: Starting with the highest and going downwards, the three registers present the following iconographic representations: The Tabernacle of the Congregation, which was…

In honor of the 270th anniversary of his birth, the year 2021 has been declared the year of St. Herman of Alaska in the Ryazan Province of Russia, where his hometown of Kadom is located. To mark the anniversary, a monument to the great missionary was unveiled and blessed in Kadom last week. The monument…

The Holy Orthodox Order of St. George the Great Martyr has been asked to help facilitate funds for the transportation of clergy and laity to the state funeral and Liturgy of the late Metropolitan Jonah of Kampala and All Uganda of blessed memory, who reposed in the Lord on Sunday, September 6, in Athens, Greece….