In June 24, 2021, the Advisory Committee on the Charter met for the first time under the leadership of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and Mr. Michael Psaros, Chairman. The Advisory Committee was formed by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros following an October 2020 directive of the Ecumenical Patriarchate that placed the charter of the…

On Thursday, June 24, 2021 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited Saint Basil Academy in Garrison, NY where he offered a congratulatory address to the Academy’s 2021 graduating class. goarch.org

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On the occasion of today’s feast day of the Nativity of Forerunner John the Baptist, a Vespers service was held on Wednesday at the venerable and historic Monastery of John the Baptist in Kynouria district of the eastern Peloponnese.

Today marks the 29th anniversary of the election of Archbishop Anastasios to the throne of the Autocephalous Church of Tirana, Durres and All Albania. On the occasion of the anniversary, Pemptousia Television has posted a documentary on the ground-breaking work and ministry of Archbishop Anastasios in Albania. Anastasios was chosen by the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Holy…

Wednesday’s shocking and unprecedented attack at the Synodal chamber of the Petraki Monastery in central Athens, when a soon-to-be-defrocked priest threw acid at seven Metropolitans of the Church of Greece, the secretary of the Synodal tribunal, two attorneys and a responding police officer continued to reverberate around the world a day later. All of the…

Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II sent a letter to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. Ilia II asks the Russian Patriarch to conciliate the release of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze unlawfully imprisoned by the occupied Tskhinvali regime. Ilia II explained in a letter that Russian soldiers detained Zaza…

Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday announced the establishment of a new parish for Romanians in the diaspora. The parish will be in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and will be pastored by Father Pavel Goreanu, a former parish priest in Turin. “It is a right and a moral duty of us to take care of Romanians everywhere,” the Patriarch…

The “Creative for Christ” Orthodox Children’s Short Film Competition announced its winners on Sunday at Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. Two Orthodox schools placed themselves equal first. The children from “St Sophia & Three Daughters” Greek Orthodox Church in Sidney and from “St Euphemia” College in Bankstown were awarded by His Grace Bishop Emilianos of…