The Church today celebrates the Apodosis of the Feast of the Holy Ascension. Today is also the feast day of Leontios, Hypatios & Theodoulos, the Martyrs of Syria – as well as of another Leontios, the Myrrh-Streamer of Argos.

In a brief speech, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III delivered a message to the International Religious Freedom Summit, which is scheduled to take place next July in Washington, DC. He expressed the ongoing challenges faced by the Christians of the Holy Land and the difficulties that the Corona pandemic continues to cause on the social…

Sunday of All Saints is a week after Sunday of Pentecost. But, why is a series of important Saints being celebrated on that day? The rationale behind this joint feast is the founding of the Church after the resurrection of Christ followed by the descent of the Holy Spirit. This brought to the world the…

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim’s condition remained stable but critical on Friday, attending physicians announced, almost three days after a sudden deterioration in his health. The Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi remains intubated in the Evangelismos Hospital’s ICU. Two days have passed since the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 16, when…

The Russian Orthodox Church is holding numerous events throughout 2021 in honor of the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Right-Believing Prince Alexander Nevsky, who was once voted Russia’s greatest historical figure. Among the events, several processions with relics of the great saint began on June 12, the day of his birth according to…

The Holy Metropolis of Limassol of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus will offer a postgraduate program in theology in the coming academic year. The program will operate at the Metropolis administration building in collaboration with the University of Nicosia. It is open to graduates of all specialties. His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios, who began his monastic…

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church met at Danilov Monastery in Moscow yesterday under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Among the many decisions made by the Synod, it was resolved to add two wonderworking icons to the official Russian Orthodox Church calendar, according to the Synodal…

The question of the authenticity of the Ekaterinburg remains discovered in 1991, believed to belong to Tsar Nicholas II and his martyred family, will be taken into consideration by the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which will meet in Moscow in November. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church met at Danilov…

His Holiness Patriarch Neofit of Bulgaria has been admitted to the hospital for examination, the official site of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church reported yesterday. The Patriarch’s condition is stable and he is feeling well, and he thanks everyone for their attention and prayer. Given the media speculation on the matter, the Patriarchate “calls on the…