On Wednesday, 26th December 2024 / 8th January 2025, the Feast of the Synaxis of the Theotokos was celebrated at the Patriarchate in the Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, with the participation of His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, and the members of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre,…

On Monday, 6 January 2025, the Great Feast Day of Epiphany was celebrated with due ecclesiastical splendour in Chalcedon, Constantinople, and was presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, who was joined in concelebration by local clergymen from Chalcedon. From early in the morning, many people made their way to the Cathedral…

Every year, the Feast of Epiphany in Alexandria radiates its divine light across the Orthodox Christian faithful. The unique setting—the azure sky, the historical journey of Hellenism in the land of the Nile—imbues the day with a brilliance that seems to make everything gleam in anticipation. This sacred celebration culminates in the release of pure…

A holy supplication to the Most Holy Theotokos for the health of His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, who remains hospitalised at the “Evangelismos” Hospital in Athens, was held on Tuesday, 7 January 2025, in the Chapel of the Nativity of Christ at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Tirana, Albania….

On Wednesday, 8 January 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the Armenian Patriarchate, in the Kontoskalion district of Constantinople, in order to personally express his wishes to His Beatitude the Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey, Sahak Maşalyan, and through him to his flock, for the feasts of Christmas and the Holy Epiphany, which…

On Saturday, January 11, His Grace Bishop Nectarie Petre will be enthroned as the first Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Ireland and Iceland. The event will take place at the Saint Columba Church of the Dublin II Parish. The enthronement will occur after the Divine Liturgy. Many hierarchs are expected to attend, including His Eminence Metropolitan…

On Monday evening, 6 January 2025, the Great Vespers on the occasion of the Feast Day of the Synaxis of Saint John the Forerunner and Baptist, took place with due splendour and was officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, at the Church of Saint Ioannis in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. During the…

On Tuesday, 7 January 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy for the Feast Day of Christmas, according to the Julian calendar, at the Holy Vatopedi Metochion of Saint Andrew in Galata, where the Russian-speaking community of Constantinople gathers to worship. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Grand Archimandrite Iakovos,…

On Saturday, 28th December 2024, during the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Demetrios in Enfield, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain ordained Deacon Gregory Craveiro to the Holy Priesthood. The ordination took place amidst the joyous participation of clergy and faithful, marking a significant moment for the Archdiocese. His Grace…