The Church today venerates the memory of Celestine, Pope of Rome.    

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral in Belgrade on the feast of Annunciation, 7 April 2021. The Patriarch was concelebrated by Bishop Stefan (Saric) of Remesiana, abbot of the New Gracanica Monastery near Chicago Archimandrite Seraphim (Baltic), Archimandrit Justin (Jeremic) from Paris, protopresbyter-staurophor…

The great feast of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos is lauded in the Church’s hymns as the beginning of our salvation. At the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg, it’s also celebrated as the anniversary of the beginning of the monastery. And yesterday, the monastic brotherhood also had the joy of celebrating…

Filmmaker Andrei Oprescu “has spent an extensive amount of time living together with the monks [of Mt. Athos], gaining their trust in order to be able to reveal a perspective that was never captured on camera before.” The fruit of his labor is the documentary, “People of Mt. Athos,” for which he has already shot…

Role and contribution of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to National and Religious Identity The Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross will host a virtual conference entitled “1821-2021: The Orthodox Church and the Greek Revolution” on April 17, 2021, beginning at 10 am EST. Featured presenters include: His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Dr. Nicolas…

Cypriot communities across Australia have honoured the heroes and heroines of the EOKA (National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters) struggle against British colonial rule with a number of church services and wreath laying ceremonies. On Sunday, April 4, Sydney’s Cypriot community gathered at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in Redfern to…

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A final countdown has begun for the debut of the online Pemptousia television, where Internet users will be able to view live programs, on-demand content, live-streaming, features, documentaries, interviews and events related to Orthodoxy around the world.  

Members of the brotherhood of the Cathedral of the Ascension in Belgrade, Serbia, along Fr. Arsenicevic, on Tuesday held a memorial service at the church’s entrance, remembering and praying for the souls of the victims of the Nazi bombings of Belgrade on April 6, 1941. Nazi Germany attacked the former Yugoslavia and Greece on that…