The Jerusalem Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy Pentecost with a Vespers service on Saturday afternoon at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and with a Divine Liturgy on Sunday morning at the Holy Tomb, officiated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III. The Feast of the Holy Pentecost was…

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres & All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, last week received the visiting Mayor of Athens, Costas Bakoyannis. The latter was in Tirana for the inauguration of the Hellenic Park project in the Albanian capital. The Archbishop briefed the Athens mayor over the ministry and works conducted in the Adriatic country by…

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said he will reiterate Athens’ standing position regarding EU-Turkey relations, in statements during his arrival on Monday at a EU foreign affairs council meeting in Luxembourg.

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Monday afternoon was due to receive the visiting Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the Patriarchal Hall in the ancient port city. Mitsotakis is on a two-day official visit to the country, where will have meetings with Egyptian…

The Church today celebrates the Monday of the Holy Spirit, coming a day after Holy Pentecost – the seventh Sunday of Pascha, Holy & Great Easter, the 10th day after the Ascension and the 50th day after Pascha. The feast marks the coming of the All-holy Spirit into the world, the completion of Christ the…

The condition of the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim was reported as stable with signs of improvement, according to attending physicians on Saturday. Following a deterioration of his medical condition in the early morning hours of Wednesday, the beloved Elder has now surpassed the immediate danger, as the three days have passed without further complications. Physicians said…

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A dedication ceremony was held on Thursday for the Ascension of Christ chapel in the Skoubarda site on the eastern Aegean island of Leros. The chapel was constructed on the foundations of an older structure. The Metropolitan of Leros, Kalymnos and Astypalea, His Eminence Paisios, officiated at the dedication ceremony.

Members of the Russian Orthodox Church’s permanent Holy Synod on Thursday discussed regulations involving canonical prohibitions and rules for clerics, as well as the sacredness of human life from the very moment of conception, citizens’ military service and a framework for the non-ecclesiastical professional activities of clerics. The Russian Church’s Holy Synod convened in the…