The Feast of the Holy Theophany (Epiphany) is celebrated each year on 6 January. The feast commemorates Jesus Christ’s journey from Galilee to Jordan where he sought and received baptism from John the Baptist. A commemoration of the Baptism of Christ and the divine revelation of the Holy Trinity, it is a special day of…

Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas Spring Bayou, Tarpon Springs, Florida January 6, 2021 Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, We continue our rejoicing over the Epiphany of our Lord and the Theophany of our God, here at the Bayou, with the venerable tradition of the Κατάδυσις τοῦ Τιμίου Σταυροῦ – the Immersion of…

Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Tarpon Springs, Florida January 6, 2021 Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Today, the moment of the Feast is upon us, and the choir of Saints assembles with us, and Angels keep festival with mortals. Today, the grace of the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, hovers…

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A rare photograph of the newly-canonized St. Kallinikos of Edessa has been published online by the Orthodoxia News Agency. The photo was provided to the Agency by journalist Dimitrios Stroumbakοs, and shows St. Kallinikos as a three-year-old child in 1922 in his hometown of Sitaralona, 175 miles northwest of Athens. The great 20th-century hierarch, who…

The online radio Pemptousia.fm and the Orthodoxia News Αgency on Wednesday evening live streamed the Christmas Eve All-night Vigil – as based on the Julian calendar – from the Catholicos, or main cathedral, of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. People from more than 60 countries around the world viewed the online broadcast. The…

The president of Albania, Ilir Meta, on Wednesday attended the great Divine Liturgy of the Theophany at the St. Spyridon Orthodox Church in the central Albanian city of Berat. He also attended the subsequent Sanctification of the Waters service and procession of icons on the bank of the Osum River Meta expressed his heartfelt congratulations…

The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, arrived on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos on Wednesday, Christmas Eve — based on the Julian calendar that the Serbian Patriarchate follows. The Serbian president was hosted at the Hilandar monastery, which he called magnificent, and from where he conveyed Christmas wishes to Orthodox believers around the…

The Russian Orthodox Church held its main midnight Christmas service at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow on Wednesday evening, officiated by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. The Russian Patriarchate’s ecclesiastical year is based on the Julian calendar. Among others, His Holiness called on the faithful to pray for the…