On Sunday, 30 March 2025, His Beatitude Archbishop Ioannis of Albania presided over his first Divine Liturgy as the new Primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. The service was held at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Tirana, in the presence of the members of the Holy Synod—Metropolitan Nikolaos of Apollonia and Fier,…

With particular reverence and spiritual piety, the Lenten Vespers of the Fourth Sunday of Lent took place on Sunday afternoon, 30 March, at the Archdiocesan Church of Our Lady ‘Axion Esti’, in Northcote, Melbourne, in the Holy Diocese of Chora. The Service was presided over by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Chora, representing His Eminence…

On the forth Sunday of Lent, 30 March, in the afternoon, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the Service of the 5th Lenten Vespers at the Church of Saint Dimitrios in the Xyloporta District of Constantinople. The Holy Sermon was preached by Archimandrite Fr Timotheos Railakis Vranas. Also present and joined in prayer were…

On the fourth Sunday of Lent, 30 March, the day in which the Church honours the memory of Saint John Climacus of Sinai, the author of ‘the Ladder”, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia liturgised at the Church of Panagia Soumela, in Keilor East, Melbourne, in the Holy Diocese of Chora. Joining his Eminence in…

Patriarch John X Returns from Doha: “We are deploying our best efforts for the benefit of our country, our people, and our Church in the Middle East and everywhere.” The Greek OrthodoxPatriarch of Antioch and All the East, John X, arrived at Beirut Airport, returning from an official and ecclesiastical visit to Qatar. He was…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III and the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre welcomed today His Beatitude Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia with his delegation. This visit comes after the request of His Beatitude the Patriarch of Serbia expressed to His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, to visit the Holy City of Jerusalem and the most…

On Sunday, 17th/30th March, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, commemorating our venerable Father John of the Ladder, and one week after the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, the feast of the veneration of the Holy Cross took place at the ancient Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, located in Western Jerusalem, near the…

Following a letter sent by His Beatitude Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia to His Beatitude Patriarch Theophlios III of Jerusalem, the Patriarch of Serbia expressed his desire to visit the Holy Land, the Holy City of Jerusalem, pay tribute to the Most Holy Sepulchre, and to have a meeting with his Jerusalem counterpart. His Beatitude Patriarch…

On the 4th Sunday of Lent, March 30, 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the St. George Cathedral of Stockholm, assisted by the V. Rev. Archimandrite Bartholomew Iatridis, the parish priest of the aforementioned Cathedral. After the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, a Doxology was performed,…