Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will convene tomorrow, Tuesday, in order to consider the Church’s stance in the face of still imposed state restrictions on Church-going during the holding of services in cathedrals and chapels, as well as to deliberate on a handful of incidents that occurred…

The Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople will also convene on Tuesday, under the chairmanship of the Ecumenical Patriarch, His All Holiness Bartholomew I. According to reports, members of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Sacred and Holy Synod will broach the issue of electing a new Metropolitan of Italy, nearly four months after…

The Church today venerates the memory of Righteous Father Theodosius the Cenobiarch, a 5th century monastic father from Cappadocia

  On the feast day of Saint Stephen the Archdeacon, 9 January 2021, His Grace Bishop Heruvim of Osek-Polje and Baranja celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the chapel dedicated to this first Christan martyr. The Bishop was concelebrated by protonamesnik Mladen Skopljak from the Diocese of Dalmatia and deacon Vojislav Nikolic, deacon at the…

With the blessing of His Grace Bishop Jovan of Sumadija and the administrator of the Archbishopric of Belgrade-Karlovci His Grace Bishop Stefan celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Nativity of Most Holy Mother of God in Zemun on 8 January 2020, on the feast day of the Synaxis of the Most…

The feast day of Holy First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen, the Patron Saint-day of Republika Srpska, was marked with the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy which was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka in the Cathedral church of Christ the Saviour in Banja Luka. – It is difficult to choose a better heavenly protector…

His Eminence Metropolitan Hrizostom of Dabar-Bosnia and the Locum Tenens of the Throne of the Serbian Patriarchs officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Cathedral church in Sarajevo on 9 January 2021, on the feast day of Holy Archdeacon and the First Martyr Stephen. The Metropolitan was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Cedo Djureinovic and Vladimir Stupar; archpriests…

Reverend Clergy, Esteemed Presidents and Committee Members of the Communities of the Holy Archdiocese Beloved in the Lord, It is with great concern that the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, follows the extremely dangerous increase in COVID-19 cases and following the “Major Incident” declaration by the Mayor of London, we announce the…

It was an eventful afternoon for faithful and attendees of the Annual Blessing of the Waters held in Glenelg, South Australia on Sunday. “I understand that there was a competition for the cross today but in two forms. A lawful one and an unlawful one,” Bishop Silouan of Sinope told the crowd after it was…