His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was presented with the Key to the City of Wilmington, Delaware by Mayor Michael Purzycki on Sunday, May 23, 2021 during a pastoral visit to Holy Trinity Church. In addition to this honor, His Eminence was met by the Governor of Delaware John Carney and presented a gift of…

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The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Sunday called on the faithful to participate in the spiritual therapy in which the Lord Jesus Christ calls us, speaking on the Sunday of the Paralytic, during his sermon at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Belgrade. His Holiness particularly emphasized, in his Sermon, the…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Sunday of the Paralytic at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the town of Reineh, near Nazareth. The fourth Sunday of Holy Easter is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Paralytic. The day…

On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the Metropolitan of Limassol, His Eminence Athanasios, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, in the Monovoliko district. The service commemorated the memory of St. Matrona the Wonderworker of Moscow. The Russian Federation’s ambassador to Cyprus, His Excellency Stanislav Osachi was…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this past week received a delegation from the Fatih district’s public health services. Members of the public health detail inspected the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s premises in relation to measures in effect to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, with the delegation expressing their satisfaction with…

The Metropolitan of Halkida, Istiea and the Northern Sporades isles, His Eminence Chrysostomos, on Sunday co-officiated at a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the 32 saints of Evia — in the large island’s capital, Halkida. The service in commemoration of the 32 saints of the large island, which straddles mainland Greece’s eastern shore,…

Greece’s minister of foreign affairs, Nikos Dendias, arrived in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, where he was received by his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, for talks on bilateral and multilateral issues.  

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Monday morning emphasized that European leaders must now agree over what he called “clear and severe consequences”, ones that will leave no room for the government in the eastern European country of Belarus to question the EU’s unity and determination, in a statement carried by the Financial Times. The…