Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiadis on Monday evening presented US Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez, with the Order of the Grand Cross of the Order of Makarios III. In his brief comments, the influential US Senator emphasized that his goal is to see the last Turkish soldier leave Cyprus. During…

The Metropolitan of Thessaliotida, His Eminence Timotheos, on Sunday officiated at a memorial service for the repose of the soul of Hellenic Air Force aviator Georgios Baltadoros, held at a monument for the fighter pilot who fell in the line of duty. The monument stands in Baltadoros’ native town of Morfovouni, in the central Karditsa…

Four new bishops were elected by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for Australia, following a proposal by the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios. The hierarchs that will assume the posts are Bishop-Elect Kyriakos, who was appointed Arch-episcopal Vicar of Melbourne; Bishop-Elect Christodoulos, who was appointed Chief Secretary of the Synaxis…

Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will convene in the Bosporus metropolis on Wednesday through Friday, under the chairmanship of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I. Among the scheduled sessions, noted Greek epidemiologist Prof. Sotiris Tsiodras will participate in a panel discussion on the topic of “Pandemic and Church Life”. Other sessions include…

The Church today commemorates the Placing of the Honorable Sash, or Cincture, of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Virgin May. Although historical accounts differ somewhat, the Deposition that is celebrated today most likely took place during the reign of the Emperor Arcadius, in the late fourth and early fifth centuries, when the precious Cincture was…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, opened a two-day professional convention in Zagreb for educators, teachers and professional associates of the Serbian national minority in preschool institutions, primary and secondary schools, on 27 August 2021. The convention is being held at the Serbian Orthodox Secondary School Katarina Kantakuzina Brankovic. The Patriarch wished all participants in the…

The Feast day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God was solemnly celebrated in the Diocese of Raska and Prizren, which is also the church slava of many monasteries and churches in Kosovo and Metohija. In the courtyard of the Gracanica Monastery the feast day of the Dormition of the Most Holy…

A new chapel serving the Orthodox faithful of southern Portugal was consecrated on Saturday on its patronal feast day. His Eminence Archbishop Nestor of Madrid and Lisbon visited the Orthodox community in Quarteira and celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. Before the start of the Liturgy,…

The faithful of Perth commemorated the Beheading of St John the Baptist at the Holy Monastery of St John on Sunday the 29th of August. The commemoration commenced with the Hierarchical Vespers Service presided by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea on the Saturday night in which all the clergy and faithful of Perth gathered…