The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, speaking on the occasion of his name day, as Friday is the feast day of the Apostle Bartholomew, referred to the “particular responsibilities” he has inherited from his predecessors on the Ecumenical Throne. “From this tortuous throne, We feel the indefatigable and sacred obligation that…

A feature has been posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia Νews Αgency on the historic Monastery of the Transfiguration of Christ the Savior, located at an altitude of more than 740 meters at on the slopes of Mt Sagmata, outside the south-central Greece city of Thebes. A chapel located at the monastery is…

Serbian Orthodox Church hierarchs on Thursday conducted a Divine Liturgy inside the unfinished Christ the Savior cathedral in Pristina, in the strife-plagued province of Kosovo & Metohija. The church has been under construction since 1995, and this was the first time in more than 20 years that a Divine liturgy was conducted. In 2017, a…

The inauguration of the St. Barnabas Cathedral in Nicosia, Cyprus, began on Thursday with an awards ceremony for the benefactors and donors of the new church. The ceremony took place in the northern part of the courtyard of the Church, in the presence of the President of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, visiting Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew, on Friday officiated at the Divine Liturgy for the Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas, with the service held at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Friday marked the Ecumenical Patriarch’s name day. A day earlier, His All Holiness presided over the Grand Vespers at the Monastery of the Zoodochos…

The Church today venerates the memory of Bartholomew and Barnabas the Holy Apostles. Today the Church also commemorates the Revelation of the Hymn “Axion Estin”, revealed to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel Finally, today is the feast day of St. Luke the Blessed Surgeon, a 20th century archbishop of Simferopol and…

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Patriarch Daniel sent a message for the festivities organized by the Diocese of Tulcea marking the 50th anniversary of the uncovering of the relics of the Holy Niculițel Martyrs Zotikos, Attalos, Kamasis and Filippos, June 4, 2021. The land of Dobrudja “was sanctified by the sacrifice of many martyrs, especially in the first four Christian…

Regarded as one of the most heinous crimes committed by the Nazis in occupied Greece, 228 residents (114 women and 104 men) were executed inhumanely in the Greek town of Distomo on June 10, 1944. After suffering a defeat to the Greeks at Katavothra, leaving 15 German soldiers dead and as many wounded, the Germans…