On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined together with Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Throne from across the globe in order to co-preside with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Divine Liturgy in the Venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George in commemoration of the feast of Indiction — the proclamation…

Before midnight on Thursday 20 August/ 2 September 2021, after an old-age illness over the last few months, the elder Archimandrite Anthimos Theocharakis slept in the Lord at the age of 90. He was the Hegoumen of the Monastery of Men of Galilee on the Mount of Olives. The Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, which the departed served…

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The Holy and Great Vatopedi publications have unveiled a new book written by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the venerable monastery, entitled “Addresses about the Elder Joseph the Hesychast”. For more information visit the monastery’s site at www.vatopedi.gr

The Autocephalous Church of Albania this week announced an initiative to learn the circumstances behind the disappearance and fate of missing clerics and laymen who were arrested by the communist regime which ruled the country with an iron fist for more than four decades. A first action was a photo exhibition in Tirana, attended by…

The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, officiated at the Vespers on the occasion of the feast day of St. Mammas, held at the celebrating cathedral in the refugee settlement of Lakatamia, in the capital of Nicosia.

With the blessing of the Metropolitan of Grevena, His Eminence David, three clerics of the Metropolis this week conducted a Divine Liturgy and Blessing ceremony in the heart of the Valia Kalda national park, inspired by an initiative by the Ecumenical Patriarch to dedicate September 1 as a day devoted to the environment.

Renowned Greek composer and political activist Mikis Theodorakis died on Thursday at the age of 96. Theodorakis composed a wide range of music, from operas and classical symphonic works, chamber music, ballet and ecclesiastical music, as well as film scores, music for ancient drama, theater and post-symphonic pieces. The modern Greek cultural icon leaves behind…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday announced the beginning of working sessions of the Assembly of the Hierarchy of the Ecumenical Throne. The Synaxis, which takes place in Constantinople until Friday under the chairmanship of the Ecumenical Patriarch, is attended by some 130 Hierarchs from around the world. Sessions…