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Today marks the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year. The Church today also venerates the memory of Symeon the Stylite.

The Patriarchate of Romania continues its efforts to keep in contact with as many Romanians in the diaspora as possible. The latest initiative is a photo exhibition focusing on Romanian history and Orthodox tradition in the country. On Tuesday, the Bishop of Ploesti, His Grace Varlaam, was present at the inauguration of such an exhibition,…

The Metropolitan of Dimitriados and Almyros, His Eminence Ignatios, spoke to Greek public television regarding the issue of Covid-19 vaccinations conducted outside cathedrals in the Metropolis. His Eminence said encouragement is starting to gradually persuade more and more people to get vaccinated.

The Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxous and the Diapontian isles, His Eminence Nektarios, arrived on Mount Athos over the weekend, where he was present for the Holy Vigil on the Eve of the Great Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, as based on the Julian calendar, conducted at the Protaton, the Holy Cathedral of the…

The Feast Day of St. Phanourios was celebrated last week in the namesake chapel of the Patriarchal Monastery of St. George, in Cairo’s old quarter. Services were officiated by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, in the presence of representatives of the Greek consulate in the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week officiated at the Orthros and the Divine Liturgy of the Feast of the Indiction, commemorating the beginning of the new ecclesiastical year, and co-officiated by several of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s hierarchs. Meanwhile, working sessions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Assembly of hierarchs are taking…

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) recently partnered with the Victorian Government’s Department of Health and Human Services, DPV Health and the Hellenic Medical Society of Australia (HMSA) to deliver a Vaccination Pop Up at its St George Greek Orthodox Church Hall in Thornbury this past weekend. For 4 days from 27 August, DPV Health…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has acquired certain assets of the respected AGES Initiatives organization, which has provided digital music for Byzantine Chant utilizing both Byzantine and Western notations and translations of liturgical texts for Orthodox churches around the world since 2012. In that time, AGES Initiatives has developed a full suite of digital…