The Holy Archdiocese of Australia is in the pleasant position to announce that from today, the Holy Parish of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene in Liverpool, Sydney, is open for the faithful as the chronic issues that have divided the Parish-Community for the last eight years have been resolved. After the intervention of His Eminence…

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May 4, 2021 On Tuesday evening, His Beatitude Patriarch John X met with the Diocesan authorities and agents of Aleppo at the Theater of the Cathedral of Elija the Prophet. At the beginning of the meeting, a short video was played, showing the churches within the diocese along with their parishes, structures, bodies and the…

The Metropolitan of Syros, His Eminence Dorotheos, on Renewal Wednesday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Catholicos, or main cathedral, of the Holy Monastery of St. Irene, on the Cyclades island of Andros. In another corner of the Aegean, the Bishop of StratonIkia, His Grace Stefanos, arrived on the small eastern Aegean isle of…

A new cathedral in Kalamaria district of eastern Thessaloniki, dedicated to St. ArgyrI, the neomartyr of Bursa, and St. Haralambos, is nearing completion. An archieratical Divine Liturgy was held on Renewal Tuesday, officiated by the Metropolitan of Nea Krini and Kalamaria, His Eminence Ioustinos.  

A giant Orthodox iconostasis, measuring 23.8 meters in length and 17 meters in height and with an area of 407 square meters, now sets the new world record for the largest Orthodox Iconostasis, according to the World Record Academy. The iconostasis, the wall of icons and religious paintings separating the nave from the sanctuary in…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday evening attended an Iftar dinner, the Muslim fast-breaking meal in the evening, hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for Primates and leaders of the country’s religious minority leaders. The reception was hosted at the presidential complex in Ankara. The Iftar dinner is…

Fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos, a lecturer at the Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki, in an article posted on the Orthodoxia news agency’s website, pointed to May 15 as the crucial day for such institutions in Greece. The country’s relevant education ministry on that day will announce the number of new entrants for the coming academic year. Fr….

Today is Renewal Thursday, the first Thursday after Holy & Great Easter Sunday. The Church today venerates Job the Prophet. This faithful servant of God was the most perfect icon of virtue, and especially of patience. He was true, blameless, just, devout, and abstained from every evil thing. Job was very wealthy and blessed by…