During the Leadership 100 virtual General Assembly Meeting today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced a new liturgical practice in honor to the members of the historic organization: “It has long been the tradition when a hierarch serves the Divine Liturgy for him to commemorate the local Parish Council, the Archons, and the Philoptochos…

Damascus, February 19, 2021 His Beatitude John X sent a congratulatory letter to the newly-elected Patriarch of Serbia, Porfirije, shortly after his election to succeed Patriarch Irinej: “We address to you our heartfelt peace and fraternal salutation from the throne of this Apostolic See established by Peter and Paul and congratulate you for being newly…

Τhe second online assembly with the Metropolitan of Limassol, the Very-Reverend Athanasios, was held on Thursday — co-organized by the Limassol Metropolis’ Church radio station and the online platform Pemptousia. The Metropolitan spoke on the Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, as the spiritual offspring of St. Joseph the Hesychast. After the Metropolitan’s address, the Elder Archimandrite…

Metropolitan Porfirije on Friday morning was enthroned as the 46th Patriarch on the Throne of St. Sava, becoming the new Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovac and Patriarch of Serbia. The enthronement was performed at Belgrade’s Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael, with a Divine Archieratical Divine Liturgy officiated by the newly enthroned Patriarch of…

The Church today venerates the memory of Philothei, the Righteous Martyr of Athens. St. Philothei was born in Athens in 1522 to an illustrious family. After becoming a widow at a very young age, she took up the monastic life and established a convent, where he became a true mother to her disciples. Many women…

Holy Hierarchal Liturgy, at which the solemn act of enthronement of His Holiness Porfirije into the holiest throne of the Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbia will be celebrated in the Belgrade’s Cathedral church of Holy Archangel Michael, beginning at 9 am, on February 19, 2021. The public will be informed…

The President of the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, sent a greeting to the newly elected Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovci and Patriarch of Serbia, Porfirije, saying: – Your Holiness, I was glad to receive the news of your election as heir to the Holy Throne of Pec – the throne of our…

On February 18, 2021, His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, had a telephone talk with Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana whom the Bishops’ Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at the Church of St. Sava, has elected to the Patriarchal See. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church warmly congratulated Metropolitan…

To date, no attempt has been made to translate liturgical and Patristic texts into the Ethiopian Amharic language. However, with the blessing of Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria, the Holy Archdiocese of Aksum aims to change that. On Tuesday, the Archdiocese reported that it is undertaking a project to translate texts into Amharic, “so that the…