The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim’s condition remained stable on Thursday, attending physicians said, with improvements reported. The beloved Elder remains intubated in an intensive care unit at the Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens and under medication, two days after a tracheotomy was performed on Tuesday morning. A slow but consistent improvement in the Elder’s health has…

His Grace Bishop Teodosije of Raska-Prizren celebrated the Vigil service and the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Monastery of Sopocani, on the feast day of the Descent of the Holy Spirit unto the Apostles – Pentecost. Bishop Teodosije, before the feast day, was welcomed by the brotherhood of the Sopocani Monastery, clergy of the Diocesan…

His Eminence Metropolitan Barsanuphius of St. Petersburg took to the skies yesterday to bless the city as it continues to battle the coronavirus epidemic. New cases have been on the rise again since early this month. The hierarch and accompanying clergy flew over the city in a helicopter with icons of Christ the Savior, and…

Just days after the church at St. Joseph the Hesychast Monastery in Toliara, Madagascar was consecrated comes news that the monastic presence in the African country continues to grow, with a new convent being built there. “Another monastery is being built by the tireless efforts of His Eminence Metropolitan Ignatios of North Madagascar,” reports the…

Serbian Orthodox faithful were again the target of provocations and discrimination in Kosovo. In particular, believers from Serbia were recently prevented from visiting holy sites and participating in feast day celebrations in Kosovo, reports the Diocese of Raška and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The new incidents come just days after a church in…

A shocking acid attack targeted seven Metropolitans of the Church of Greece on Wednesday afternoon, with at least three sustaining serious injuries that required admission to a north Athens hospital’s burn unit. The perpetrator is reportedly either a clergyman who appeared before a synodal disciplinary hearing or one of his supporters. The Metropolitans were hearing…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, officiated at the Divine Liturgy held at the historic Monastery of Agios Georgios Epanosifis, near Irakleio, Crete, on the occasion of his brief visit to his native island. His Eminence was due Constantinople to participate in a Holy Synod meeting of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Archbishop Makarios was accompanied…

The newly elected Metropolitan of Montenegro & the Littoral, His Eminence Joanikije II, this week received, in separate meetings, the ambassadors of Bulgaria and Russia accredited to the Adriatic country. His Eminence received the envoys at the historic Monastery of Ce-TIN-ech. Both ambassadors conveyed the congratulations from their respective governments for his election to the…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday participated in events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of the then Soviet Union, what is known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church laid a wreath at the Eternal Flame near the Kremlin…