On March 25, 2021, a solemn prayers service was held at the Donskoy Stauropegial Monastery in Moscow and the Office for the Dead was said for the fighters of 1821-1823 Greek liberation movement – the Greeks who found their last earthly refuge in the old Moscow monastery. With a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, received His Excellency Sem Fabrizi, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on 24 March 2021. Serbian Patriarch Porfirije, thanked Ambassador Fabrizi for his visit and congratulations on the occasion of the election and enthronement to the throne…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Georgios Diacofotakis, the Ambassador of the Republic of Greece to the Republic of Serbia, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on 24 March 2021. In a more than cordial conversation with Ambassador Djakofotakis, Serbian Patriarch Porfirije expressed gratitude to the state leadership of the Republic of Greece,…

Before I went to this place tonight, I opened the New Testament and found myself at the beginning of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew where it says: Do not judge, or you too will be judged. I came here with the feeling that we had gathered not to judge but to remember…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received Mrs. Maja Gojkovic, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia and the Minister of Culture and Information, in the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on March 24, 2021. Serbian Patriarch Porfirije thanked Minister Gojkovic for her greeting and presence at his enthronement to the throne of the primates of…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese commemorated the Bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821 on Thursday, with a live streamed event. Greek and US politicians, Greek-American leaders and the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, participated in the event. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades, the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the leader of main opposition Alexis Tsipras…

Each year, the Hellenic RSL pays tribute to the anniversary of the Greek War of Independence in its own way with a church service at St Eustathios, a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hellenic War Memorial, followed by a service at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance. The event, unlike last Sunday’s more exclusive 25 March event of…

God-loving Brethren, beloved fathers and my beloved children, Today, our Church celebrates the momentous event of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, that is, the announcement to the Virgin Mary by Archangel Gabriel of the joyful message of the Incarnation of our Lord. We refer to a joyful message precisely because we know that the Incarnation…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, conveyed his and the Russian Church’s congratulations to Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou on the occasion of the commemoration of the beginning of the Greek War of Independence in 1821. Among others, His Holiness noted that: “The Russian Orthodox Church especially appreciates the interest of modern…