The Church today observes the Saturday of Souls. Through the Apostolic Constitutions, the Church of Christ received the custom to make commemorations for the departed on the third, ninth and 40th days after their repose. Since many throughout the ages, because of an untimely death in a faraway place, or other adverse circumstances, many have…

The online platform Pemptousia is hosting the inaugural online “Archontariki” with the Metropolitan of Edessa, His Eminence Joel, on Saturday, March 7, at 19.00 Athens time. His Eminence will speak on the theme of “The Paramythia of the All-Holy Theotokos during the Great Lent”. Archontariki in Greek means a monastery’s guest house. Register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqfuusrzgoHdXXS0P-9xd4zMcATw-b9w38  

Condolences poured in on Friday for the reposed in the Lord former Bishop of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral Atanasije Jevtić. Bishop Jevtić, one of the most significant contemporary theologians of the Serbian Church, reposed on Thursday at the age of 83. The President of Republika Srpska, Željka Cvijanović, conveyed a message to the Holy…

Unknown perpetrators have vandalized yet another chapel in Greece, this time targeting the St. Catherine chapel found adjacent to the St. Athanasius Cathedral in central Thessaloniki. Graffiti and slogans were sprayed on the Holy Icons in support of Greece’s most notorious inmates, a serial killer, urban terrorist and armed robber. The latter has been on…

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael traveled across Illinois to bestow the Metropolis Bronze Cross on our exceptional servant leaders from the parishes of All Saints (Peoria), Three Hierarchs (Champaign) and St. Sophia (Elgin). Fr. Michael Constantinides of Saint George (Rock Island) assisted the Metropolitan by bestowing the Bronze Cross on Collette Spurgetis who has since fallen…

His Holiness, Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, served the memorial service to Bishop Atanasije of Zahumlye-Herzegovina of blessed repose in the chapel of the Patriarchal residence in Belgrade on 5 March 2021.         — spc.rs

Honey produced by the Athonite Vatopedi Monastery took the top prize at a recent international competition held in Bari, Italy. The judges for the BIOLMIEL competition rated the monastery’s chestnut honey, very popular among health-conscious families, above 90%, and awarded it the gold medal, which was sent to the monastery, reports the Orthodoxia News Agency….

The President of the Republic of Srpska, Željka Cvijanović, sent a telegram of condolences over the death of retired Bishop Atanasije of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral to the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Diocese of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral, to the clergy, monasticism and believers of the Serbian…

On the occasion of the first Saturday of Souls for the year, which is commemorated on the ecclesiastical calendar on Saturday, March 6, the Orthodox charity “Mercy”, with the blessing of the Russian Orthodox Church, will commence another initiative, namely, offering meals to homeless people. The charity said the initiative is in line with Christian…