On the evening of January 17th, the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide held its annual Cutting of the Vasilopita service. Delayed by two weeks this year (due to unavoidable circumstances), the service nonetheless went ahead and was extremely well attended. The service was hosted at the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide’s central offices in Glenelg and presided…

Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated Divine Liturgy on the Sunday before Theophany, or, Baptism of the Lord, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau. The feast coincided with the commemoration of the 70 Holy Apostles called by Lord Jesus Christ to the mission of bringing the Word of God to people. The arch-pastor…

Today’s Gospel extract refers to the healing of the blind man in the city of Jericho. The element that makes an impression on us is the blind man’s certainty that Christ could heal him. Indeed, in the conversation between Christ and the blind man, we see that even though this man was deprived of sight,…

On Thursday, 8/21 January 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of Saints John and George the Hozevites. On this Feast, the Church, and especially the Church of Jerusalem commemorates Saint John. He abandoned the general pastoral care and retreated in the valley of Chorath, at the hermitages of the first ascetic fathers, Zenon, Elias, Eandas,…

On Sunday the 24th January 2021 the district of Northcote held its first event in commemoration of the 200 anniversary from Greek independence 1821 that Greeks all over the world celebrate in 2021. The event was held at The Transfiguration of the Lord in Thomastown. Immediately after the Divine Liturgy a special Doxology service was…

His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija blessed 33 participants of the competion in swimming whose names were previously selected by the draw since this year 101 candidate applied. On the feast day of the Epiphany, 19 January 2021, on the lake of Sumarice for the 18th time an event Swimming for the Holy Cross was held. Organizers…

Bishop Irinej of Backa: We should strive to be associates of the Lord Who is constantly appearing for our salvation, and for us to be associates in making our life – both here on earth and then in eternity – a permanent, uninterrupted Theophany. On the day when our Holy Church celebrates prayerfully the feast…

Bishop Irinej of Backa: Everything that the apostles of Christ testified – that is what St. John testified. In his person all the spiritual deeds, all the spiritual virtues of the greatest pleasures of God are united. On Tuesday, 20 January 2021, His Grace Irinej Bishop of Novi Sad and Backa celebrated his baptismal name….

The great feast day of Epiphany was celebrated in Visegrad – Andricrgrad, in the church of Holy Greatmartyr Prince Lazar where His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia, the Locum Tenens of the Throne of Patriarchs celebrated the Holy Hierarchal LIturgy. The Metropolitan was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Aleksandar Topalovic, Rajko Cvjetkovic, Dragan Vukotic and Predrag Masap,…