The Holy Synod of the Church of Crete, in taking a different position from the Church of Greece, on Wednesday sent a letter to the relevant education and religious affairs ministry requesting that a pandemic-related curfew extend to 2 a.m. in the early morning hours between the iconic Resurrection Service on Holy Saturday and Easter…

Today is the sixth Wednesday of Great Lend. The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Hieromartyr Januarius and Those With Him, as well as Our Holy Father Maximian, Patriarch of Constantinople.

On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, the Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt, His Grace Bishop Maxim of Western America visited St. Petka Serbian Church in San Marcos. Concelebrating with His Grace were Protopresbyter Rev. Milovan Katanic, the parish priest along with the parish Deacon David Williams and Episcopal Deacon Vladan Radovanovic. In his homily,…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Valery Brilev, Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of Serbia at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on 15 April 2021. The cordial conversation between Patriarch Porfirije and Ambassador Brilev emphasized the importance of maintaining fraternal relations between Serbs and Belarusians, which have always been…

Two impressive new publications of Byzantine music related to the Pascha season have recently been announced: Great and Holy Pascha as compiled and edited by Vladimir Morosan and The Mystic Pascha by the Byzantine Music Ensemble. Great and Holy Pascha is a compilation of chant and choral music primarily in English from various Eastern Orthodox…

Thursday, April 22, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the “5th e-Synaxis from Holy Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and the faithful of Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Church in Cluj-Napoca, Romania”, which will take place Thursday April 22, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens…

Every year on Anzac Day, Greek Orthodox Priest and President of the Greek Ex-Servicemen Association of South Australia, Christos Tsoraklidis, swaps his clerical for camouflage and together with other members he participates in the Remembrance Day events to honour those who served the country in the Great War. “It’s a matter of national pride,” says…

Yesterday, Tuesday April 20, Oakleigh Grammar celebrated its annual Term 2 Commencement Assembly. “The event marked a very special occasion, not only because it was the first time the students were able to come together as a whole school, but also because His Eminence, Archbishop Makarios of Australia was in attendance,” reads the announcement published…

By the mercy of God the Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all of Palestine to all the gathering of the Church, grace and mercy and peace from the All-Holy and Life-giving Tomb of the Risen Christ “Now all things are filled with light, heaven and earth and the nethermost regions of the…