The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Tuesday visited the office of Greek Amb. Maria Theofili, the country’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, where he officiated at a traditional new year’s cake-cutting celebration, known as Vassilopita in Greece, for 2021. In a related item, the Archdiocese of America announced that His Eminence will…

The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Visoki Decani, the Elder Archimandrite Sava, this week again underlined that “…no one can interrupt the links between the Serbs of Kosovo and the Serbian motherland. The Serbs of Kosovo do not agree with the prospect of being transformed into a national minority without collective political rights, and…

The chief legal adviser for the Serbian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, Dalibor Kavarić, this week categorically stated that a so-called “last will” attributed to reposed Metropolitan Amphilochios is a forgery. The attorney issued a relevant statement after social media circulated the forgery.     In Bucharest, the national ecclesiastical council of the Romanian…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, spoke this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church congratulated the latter for what he called a defense of Russia’s national interests – and on the occasion of the Defender of the Fatherland Day, a holiday in the vast…

Two decisions towards implementing significant infrastructure projects on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos, in northern Greece, were taken today by board members of the Center for Preservation of Athonite Heritage, which is chaired by Greek Deputy Interior Minister Stavros Kalafatis. The first project deals with the approval of an environmental impact study for…

The Church today commemorates the First and Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist   Apolytikion of 1st & 2nd Finding of the Head of the Forerunner Fourth Tone The Forerunner’s sacred head, having dawned forth from the earth, doth send incorruption’s rays unto the faithful, whereby they find healings of their…

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The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks eight years since the election and enthronement of His Holiness Neophyte as Bulgarian Patriarch and metropolitan bishop of Sofia, the Holy Metropolis of Sofia has announced. To mark the occasion a divine liturgy will take place at the metropolitan cathedral Saint Nedelya. On 24 February 2013 the Patriarchal election church…

Our Orthodox unity is our daily prayer My dear Brothers, fellow Primates and Concelebrants in the Lord Jesus Christ, One year ago this week, we gathered in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to build our common fellowship in the pursuit of a dialogue of love for the sake of the unity of the Local Orthodox…