His Grace Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe met last week with young catechumens of various nationalities who are preparing to receive Holy Baptism in the Romanian Orthodox Church on the Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord. During the week, His Grace Macarie catechized several Danish catechumens in Odense, Denmark. On Saturday, while celebrating the…
On the First Sunday of Lent, 9 March 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and all Scandinavia, assisted by Archimandrite Bartholomew Iatridis, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of St. George in Stockholm. According to the liturgical custom of the day, the Divine Liturgy was preceded by a procession of sacred icons within…
On the Sunday of Orthodoxy and the Restoration of the Holy Icons, 9 March 2025, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Church of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple of the Renowned Community of Stavrodromi, presided over by the Hierarchical Head of the Community, His Eminence Metropolitan Andreas of Forty Churches. Father…
The Orthodox faithful at St. Nicholas Cathedral Namungoona were engaged in the procession with icons, which always takes place on the first Sunday of the Great Lent, dubbed as the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The procession was presided over by Metropolitan Jeronymos immediately after the Divine Liturgy. The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of…
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit one God, Amen! This Sunday, which is the first Sunday of Great Lent, is the Sunday of Orthodoxy—the Sunday of right belief or correct faith. This Sunday emphasizes the necessity of right belief, which our Lord grants through clarity of mind and…
In recent days, Syria has witnessed a dangerous escalation of violence, brutality, and killings, resulting in attacks on innocent civilians, including women and children. Homes have been violated, their sanctity disregarded, and properties looted—scenes that starkly reflect the immense suffering endured by the Syrian people. The Christian Churches while strongly condemning any act that threatens…
On the first Sunday of Great Lent, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Melbourne presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Parish of Sts. Raphael, Nicholas, and Irene in Bentleigh, commemorating the sacred Feast of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Joining His Grace was the Parish Priest, Father Chris Dimolianis, along with the Father Efstathios Ladas,…
On Saturday of the first week of Lent, 23 February / 8 March 2025, the Patriarchate commemorated the boiled wheat miracle of Saint Theodore the Tyron at his Holy Monastery in the Old City of Jerusalem. The miracle in question was performed by Saint Theodore the Tyron (from the Latin “tiro-nis,” meaning “newly enlisted soldier”),…
In the evening of Friday, the first week of Great Lent, 22nd February / 7th March 2025, at the Catholicon of the Sacred Church of the Holy Sepulchre and within the framework of the service of the Small Compline, the canon of the Theotokos was chanted, with the First Stasis of the Akathist Hymn to…