On Sunday of the Paralytic Man, 23 May 2021, with the blessing of His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, His Grace Bishop Lukijan of Budim served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the monastery of Most Holy Mother of God the Three-Handed on Mt. Avala. The Bishop was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor Jovo Kalic, hieromonk Varnava Knezevic and…
Bishop Joanikije: Our Holy Assembly of Bishops, which gathered in the name of God around Christ the Living God, manifested and established the unity of our holy Serbian Orthodox Church, Pray to God for the unity of the Church, pray for His Holiness Patriarch who is the head of our Church, the greatest burden is…
His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, the Chairman of the Holy Synod of Bishops, sent a letter to Mrs. Maja Gojkovic, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, stating that the Serbian Orthodox Church is the largest individual owner of spiritual, movable and immovable cultural heritage in the Republic of Serbia, but that it was…
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The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Sunday was present at the Monastery of St. Nicholas Kaltezon, in the mountainous portion of Arcadia prefecture, in the central Peloponnese, for commemorative events on the occasion of the bicentennial of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The Holy Eucharist was conducted…
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on the Sunday of the Samaritan, and shortly before the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of St. Savva in Belgrade, noted, in his sermon, that “…we do not serve, and must not serve ourselves and apply our views, but all of us, bishops, clergy and…
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday received the President of the Brotherhood of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Archons, Athanasios Martinos, who is also the Civil Governor of Mount Athos,. As part of the annual pilgrimage of the Archons of the Throne, which traditionally takes place on the Sunday of the…
The Orthodoxia News Agency on Monday brought to light details of a draft law being prepared by the Greek education ministry regarding ecclesiastical education in the country. In a confirmation of an earlier report last April, the draft bill includes a provision to abolish the higher ecclesiastical academies in Thessaloniki and Vella, in the northwest…
A meeting between Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias and his visiting Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, concluded in Athens earlier today. The one-on-one and expanded meetings, as well as the subsequent press statements, were held in a very positive setting, although no press questions were fielded by either minister. The two newsworthy items from the Dendias-Cavusoglu…