On the Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent, the Metropolitan of Belgium, His Eminence Athinagoras, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Nativity in Asten in the Netherlands. During the Divine Liturgy, the Metropolitan ordained Quinten Koning as a deacon. The newly ordained deacon, who bears the name of St. Quinten, a…

The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, gave a sermon on the fifth Sunday of Lent from the metropolitan cathedral of the Resurrection, in Tirana.   

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, over the weekend reiterated that the Greek language remains the mother tongue of Christianity, during his address at an online seminar entitled, “The Diachronic Contribution of the Greek Language to Global Civilization”, organized by the AHEPA chapter 601 Bosporus, of Constantinople.   

Employees in several sectors of the Greek economy and civil servants will be required to first test negative for the Covid-19 virus before returning or continuing to work from offices, as the government in Athens is gradually lifting pandemic-related restrictions. Free self-tests are being distributed to eligible individuals via neighborhood pharmacies, while people who took…

Today, Monday, April 19, marks the 6th Monday of Great Lent, with the Church venerating the memory of Holy Hieromartyr Paphnutius, as well as the Holy Martyrs Theodore, his mother Philippa, Dioscorus, Socrates and Dionysius – who suffered during the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius in the second century, in the southwest Asia Minor city…

“WE SHOULD FACE ALL SITUATIONS IN LIFE, WITH PRAYER, PATIENCE, & HOPE”. In a joyous spirit on this 5th Sunday of Great Lent, a Hierarchal Liturgy was celebrated at Saint Athanasios parish Lira by His Grace Bishop Silvester assisted by the Vicar Northern Uganda Rev.Fr Emmanuel Oruku and The Dean of Gulu Rev.Fr.Francis Ongaya. In…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, ordained hierodeacon Sava (Bundalo), brother of the monastery of Saint Petka in Zagreb, to the rank of hieromonk. On the fifth Sunday of Holy Forty-Days, 18 April 2021, when we celebrate a memory of Venerable Mary of Egypt, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, Administrator of the Diocese of Zagreb-Ljubljana, celebrated…

On Sunday morning, 5/18 April 2021, of the 5th Sunday of Lent, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Monastery of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist in Ein Karem, which is now adjacent to West Jerusalem, near the Jewish Hospital Hadassa. This Monastery of…

On Friday afternoon, 3/16 April 2021 the Service of the Akathist with the four parts of the Salutations to our Most Holy Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary was held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Hymn was recited during the Service of the Small Compline with the Canon of the Akathist. The 1st…