The Church today venerates the memory of Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, a 4th century contemporary of St. Basil the Great. Meanwhile, on Saturday, Orthodox Christians around the world – based on the Gregorian calendar – commemorated the Feast of the Entrance into the Temple of Our Most Holy Lady — the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary….

On Sunday morning, 9/22 November 2020, a Doxology was held at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the fifteen-year election and Enthronement anniversary of the Holy Primate of the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III. The Doxology was led by His Beatitude, and along with Him, the Archbishops…

Dear brothers and sisters You are invited to participate in the “1st e-Synaxis from Holy Mount Athos with Bishop Athanasios Metropolitan of Lemesos (Limassol) and ASCOR Cluj Napoca”, which will take place Tuesday, November 24, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time. Bishop Athanasios will talk in Greek and real-time Romanian interpretation will be offered for the…

Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the “1st e-Synaxis with Elder Ephraim and ASCOR Alba Iulia”, which will take place Monday, November 23, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time. Elder Ephraim will speak in Greek and we will offer real-time Romanian and English Interpretation for the entire session, including the homily as…

On November 22, 2020, in Saint Petersburg, Metropolitan Pavel met with students of the Philippine-Vietnamese diocese who are studying at the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy. The Archpastor told the students about pastoral service and shared his experience. Students asked Vladyka questions about the spiritual life of a priest, humility, repentance, and communication with parishioners, and…

On 20th November 2020, the Holy Session of the Russian Orthodox Church held its session under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The meeting took place online due to the difficult sanitary and epidemiological situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The members of the Holy Synod received draft minutes…

After the Sunday Divine Liturgy celebrated outside of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated a memorial service for the late Patriarch Irinej of Serbia. “We pray, in the spirit of the fraternal ties that exist between all the Orthodox Churches, for the rest of his soul, for the forgiveness of…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated a memorial service at St George’s Chapel of his patriarchal residence for the rest of the soul of Serbian Patriarch Irinej on Sunday. “The way in which he led the Serbian Orthodox Church strengthened its major role in the life of Serbian society, thus, contributing to the rapprochement of the…

Reports of Elder Ephraim of Arizona, who reposed a year ago on December 7, appearing to a spiritual daughter in northern Greece have been heavily circulating online recently. The message that the departed Elder conveyed to his spiritual daughter is that of Christ Himself and of all the Fathers of the Church: Repent. Christ is…