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On Sunday, November 16/29, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy Hieromartyr Philoumenos at the Nablus shrine of Jacob’s well in Samaria. On this feast, the Church of Jerusalem commemorates the Holy Apostle Matthew along with Saint Philoumenos the Hagiotaphite. Saint Philoumenos came from Cyprus and having served as a Hagiotaphite in various…

The first online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with French-speaking faithful, took place today. The Elder Ephraim’s address and answers to questions were simultaneously translated into English, French and Romanian, with the online address hosted by the online magazine Pemptousia and…

The Missionary Home Society this week announced that various Orthodox patristic and liturgical texts will be translated into Swahili, and distributed to the faithful in the east Africa country of Tanzania. The society was founded in 2017 with the purpose of supporting Orthodox missionary work in Africa.

Greece’s consul general in the western Australia city of Perth, Georgia Karasiotou, on Monday paid her first official visit to the new offices of the Holy Archdiocese of Western Australia, as well as to the offices of the St. Basil Home for elders, which is housed in the same building. The Greek diplomat was warmly…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, spoke to the faithful after a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy on Monday at the historic chapel of the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest, and on the occasion of the feast day of Andrew the First-Called Apostle. His Beatitude referred to a special day for the Romanian people, as St….

  The deputy governor of Mount Athos, Aristos Kasmiroglou, this week signed a decision extending a ban on all pilgrimages to the autonomous Orthodox monastic community until Dec. 15. The decision is directly linked to current public health precautions and restrictions imposed to prevent exposure to the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was published by Greece’s…

  The Church today commemorates Nahum the Prophet. Nahum prophesied after the destruction of Samaria – 721 years before Christ – but before the 10 tribes were taken into captivity. His name means “comforter” in Hebrew. Nahum’s book of prophecy is divided into three chapters. Today is also the feast day of Philaret, the Merciful…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week referred to the connection between Orthodox teaching and a socially just democracy, speaking at the annual conference of the St. Andrew’s Freedom Forum in Washington D.C. This year’s event was dedicated to the memory of late US Congressman John Lewis, who was one of the leaders…