Sunday, December 27 was a historic day in Greece and other EU countries, as the first inoculations of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Covid-19 commenced. One of the first individuals vaccinated in Greece was the Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Aghios Vlasios, His Eminence Ierotheos, who is the spokesman of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece….
The Church today venerates the memory of the 20,000 martyrs burned in Nicomedia, in northeast Asia Minor, at the beginning of the 4th century.
The thirtieth anniversary of the enthronement of His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa, PhD, was marked on 23 December 2020. At the regular session of the Holy Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1989, hieromonk Irinej was elected as Vicar Bishop of the Serbian Patriarch, with a title of Bishop of Moravica,…
New Valaam Monastery in Heinävesi, Finland was awarded the “Sprout of Responsibility” honorary prize from the Finnish branch of the Forest Stewardship Council this year for its merits in ecological, social, and efficient forest management. A new plan for the use of the monastery’s forest land, which currently covers 1,160 acres, was drawn up in…
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). Beloved in the Lord children of our Holy Church, In the days and months of new and severe trials, which we also share with the whole world and all mankind,…
John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East to My brothers, Pastors of the Holy Church of Antioch My sons and daughters, all over this Apostolic See “See the Lord of Heaven and Earth Let your eyes Behold him here Offer him as gifts their gold With the incense and the myrrh” In the…
Honorable Ambassadors and Consuls, Very Reverend Archimandrites, Reverend Presbyters and Deacons, Members and friends of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia, Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Nativity of Christ gives meaning to the novel good tidings ushered in by the Gospel. Christ is something absolutely new – “the beginning of…
The Vicar of the Region Rev.Fr. Emmanuel Oruku addressed priests on behalf of Bishop Silvester who is in Hospital under treatment for some good days. Fr. Oruk communicated His Message to Priests for Christmas, for the coming Election period in which the Bishop is asking Priests to advocate for Peace and justice in fairness. The…