The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, arrived in the Arkalohori region of Crete on Thursday to personally inspect the damages left behind by a 5.8 on the Richter scale earthquake that struck the area on Monday. In a related development, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on Thursday also issued…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, will arrive in the United States on Oct. 23 for an official visit that will continue until Nov. 3. The Ecumenical Patriarch will be welcomed by the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, in Washington D.C. The visit, originally scheduled for May 2020, was postponed due…

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, Church hierarchs and the faithful are awaiting information on what, if any, restrictions will be in place at the end of October in the northern Greece city of Thessaloniki A three-day period of events, commemorations and celebrations annually take place in the metropolis between Oct. 26 and Oct. 28,…

  The Church today venerates the memory of Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia.

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the Greek island of Crete on Monday morning, destroying an Orthodox church near Arkalochori, in the Heraklion area. The tremors lasted a few minutes and were felt throughout the island. Unfortunately, there was one casualty from the destruction of the church. Rescuers found a 62-year-old worker who fell from the roof…

According to a decision from the latest session of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, memorial services will be held annually for all Orthodox Christians who suffered at the hands of the godless soviet authorities. The Synod met for two days last week in Moscow under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill….

Yesterday, OrthoChristian reported that the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church will examine materials for the possible canonization of Protosyncellus Fr. Calistrat (Bobu) (†1975) and Fr. Ilarion Felea (†1961). And following the session of the Metropolitan Synod of Transylvania on Tuesday, the Holy Synod will also consider the canonization of two disciples of the…

On Monday the 27th of September 2021, which was a Public Holiday for the Queen’s Birthday in WA, the Feast of the Translation of St John the Theologian was celebrated at the small townsite of Prevelly. The Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was officiated by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea. Over 100 of the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will welcome His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to the United States for an official visit which will begin on October 23, 2021 and continue through November 3, 2021. The visit, originally scheduled for May 2020, was postponed due to the worldwide pandemic. This is the third official visit of…