The Church today venerates the memory of Mammas the Great Martyr and Wonder-worker. Today is also the feast day of John the Abstainer, Patriarch of Constantinople.

By decision of the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, which shows the undivided love and respect of both him and the country to the Patriarchate of Alexandria and to its Primate, Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa, the Ancient Patriarchate acquires its own space to build a church and to…

In the Orthodox world, a new online Festival has emerged. ORTHODOX ARTS FESTIVAL will take place from September 17 to 26, 2021. The Festival believes itself to be the biggest online International Festival of Orthodox Artists. Its headquarters are in the United Kingdom. The Festival will be the first to integrate High-Quality 3D technology on…

Over the summer, the restoration of the frescoes of the left kliros in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God at Rila Monastery was successfully completed. The restoration work lasted almost two years, reports Dobrotoluibie. Rila is the most important monastery in Bulgaria, home to the relics of the Bulgaria’s Heavenly protector,…

Bulgaria’s first home for elderly priests and the socially disadvantaged will soon open its doors next to one of the nation’s most important monasteries. Everyone is working hard to open the home next to Holy Dormition-Bachkovo Monastery by the end of the year, noted the monastery abbot His Grace Bishop Zion of Velichka, reports BNT…

Thanks to the efforts of the Jerusalem Patriarchate, children with special needs have a new fully-equipped kindergarten to attend in Amman. His Eminence Archbishop Christophoros of Kyriakoupolis, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Patriarchate Schools, festively opened the school on Thursday, August 26, in the presence of other Board members, the Director…

On Sunday, August 29th 2021, Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over Matins and served the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Haringey, N. London. thyateira.org.uk

Metropolitan Seraphim of Sevasteia will take part in the new composition of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the semester 1st September 2021 through to 28th February 2022. More specifically, the following holy Hierarchs will participate in the newly reconfigured Holy and Sacred Synod under the chairmanship of His All-Holiness Ecumenical…

Legendary Greek composer, politician and writer, Mikis Theodorakis, has passed away at the age of 96. During his sixty-year career, Theodorakis wrote over 1,000 songs, many symphonic works, cantatas and oratorios, music for dozens of plays and tragedies, operas and music for the cinema. Theodorakis was born in Chios on July 29, 1925, to a…