The online platform Pemptousia will host the first online Archontariki with the Metropolitan of Aetolia and Acarnania, His Eminence Kosmas, on Thursday, beginning at 19.30 Athens time. Archontariki in Greek means a monastery’s guest house.     On Wednesday, the online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy…

A one-day seminar took place in Moscow this week, entitled “Christianity and Politics: Secularism and Reference to God in the Constitution”. A reference to God is a singular event for contemporary Russian legislation, the representative of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vladimir Legoida, said during his opening address.  

A reverse countdown has begun for the debut of the feature length film “Man of God”, which recounts the life and works of St. Nekarios of Aegina. A trailer for the film, directed and written by Yelena Popovic, has just been released, providing a first glimpse into the anticipated movie, which was shot on-site in…

By the mercy of God Almighty John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East to My brothers, Pastors of the Holy Church of Antioch My sons and daughters, all over this Apostolic See Beloved spiritual Brethren and Children, At the beginning of Forty-Day Lent, we bow the knees of the soul before the Benevolent…

With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and under the generous patronage of His Eminence Metropolitan Niphon Saykali, the Representative of the Church of Antioch at the Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia. The Antiochian Vicariate in Russia organized a camp for the Antiochian youth with…

A Cathedral in Moscow dedicated to St. Andrei Rublev, one of the greatest medieval Russian painters of Orthodox Christian icons and frescos will officially open in late March, a Russian Patriarchate official announced this week.  

The enthronement of the recently elected Metropolitan of Italy, His Eminence Polykarpos, will take place on Thursday at the historic St. George of the Greeks (San Giorgio dei Greci) Cathedral in Venice.  

Another shocking instance of blasphemous behavior was recorded in Greece this week, coming on the heels of a recent systematic spree of vandalism against Orthodox places of worship by small but particularly militant groups of self-styled anarchists, political extremists and nihilists. On Tuesday a motorcyclist transporting a framed painting of the Panaghia, the Virgin Mary,…

The parish of Gomati, in northern Greece, on Tuesday celebrated the feast day of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia in traditional Athonite rite. The Metropolitan of Ierissos, His Eminence Theoklitos, officiated at the Orthros service and Divine Liturgy – celebrated at the Byzantine-era Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral and the church of the Holy…