On Thursday, February 13, the camping excursion of elementary, middle and high school students to Chunchon continued. In the morning the Divine Liturgy was celebrated and all the campers participated and received the Holy Communion after all had confessed the previous evening. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, the Metropolitan of Korea and Exarch…

On Monday, 24 February, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia conducted the Sanctification Service (Agiasmos) to mark the beginning of the new year of activities of the Youth Groups of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in New South Wales (NSW GO Youth Fellowships). The service took place, in an atmosphere of spiritual joy and enthusiasm,…

According to a new agreement, the Serbian state has assumed full financial responsibility for the Home for Children with Developmental Disabilities operating at a convent in Izvor, Paraćin, 100 miles southeast of Belgrade. The agreement was signed by Abbess Maria of the St. Petka Monastery, where the home has operated since the 1940s, and the…

Representatives of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of Chicago and the Midwest and the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia’s Diocese of Chicago and Mid-America came together on Saturday, February 22, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the repose of St. Tikhon, the Patriarch of Moscow who once served as a missionary in America….

His Holiness Patriarch Daniil of Bulgaria visited England over the weekend to consecrate the UK’s first Bulgarian Orthodox church—the dream of several generations of Bulgarians living there. This is Pat. Daniil’s first official visit abroad since his election as Patriarch in June. Accompanied by other Bulgarian hierarchs and clergy, His Holiness visited the church, named…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Homily at the Divine Liturgy – Sunday of the Last Judgment 34th Annual Leadership 100 Conference February 23, 2025 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Greater Orlando Maitland, Florida Beloved Brother, Metropolitan Sevastianos of Atlanta, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Beloved Children in the Lord, I am so happy…

On Meatfare Sunday, 23 February 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Sydney, and was joined by the Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese and Dean of the Cathedral, Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Christophoros Krikelis, as well as by the Assistant Priest, Archimandrite Stephanos…

On Sunday, 10th/23rd February 2025, Sunday of the Meatfare, the feast of Saint Hieromartyr Haralambos was celebrated by the Patriarchate at his Holy Monastery, located at the final Station of the Via Dolorosa, near the Church of the Resurrection. Saint Haralambos was a Priest of the Christians in Magnesia, gentle, gracious, and full of Divine…

In the afternoon of Friday, 8th / 21st February 2025, in the Central Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, and as part of the Souls’ Saturday of the Triodion, after the Vespers Service, the Penitential Funeral Canon was chanted for the repose of the souls of the ever-memorable Patriarchs, blessed Archbishops, Priests, Deacons, and…