Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, said that the health condition of Patriarch Irinej is difficult and that the doctors were fighting for his life. “He was in a better condition when the media reported that he had passed away. He was intubated 55 minutes ago,” he told reporters. As he said, Irinej is in a difficult…

A new complex of the Orthodox mission in the west Africa country of Sierra Leone capital is close to completion. The latest addition is an outdoor baptismal font, adjacent to the Holy cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen. After 12 years of work, the complex in the capital of Freetown includes a kindergarten, a playground,…

The Metropolitan of Nafpaktos and Aghios Vlasios, His Eminence Ierotheos, spoke this week on the Pemptousia.fm online radio with journalist Maria Giachnaki, where he referred to the repercussions of the pandemic on the family and society, in general. 

In the wake of this week’s meeting in Tbilisi between the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, with visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the US State Department in Washington issued a statement, stressing that the Secretary was pleased to meet with His Holiness, and that during the meeting they…

The Church today venerates the memory of Obadiah the Prophet, as well as the martyrs Barlaam of Caesarea and Heliodoros, along with the Martyrs Anthimos, Thallalaeos, Christopher, Euphemia and her children.

The Serbian Orthodox Church has issued an update about the health condition of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej. The announcement reads: In the morning of 19 November 2020 the general health condition of His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, has deteriorated as the consequence of COVID 19 The standing team of medical experts along with the…

A new documentary on the Holy Mountain has been submitted to the 3rd Annual Houston Greek Film Festival, and is available to watch online. Written and directed by Argyris Liapis, “Athos, the World’s Brightest Peak,” follows three Athonite monks who share their thoughts about faith, monasticism, their decision to becomes monks, their lives on Mt. Athos,…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, was admitted to a central Athens hospital early Thursday morning, after being diagnosed with Covid-19. As a strict precaution, His Beatitude is being treated in the Evangelismos hospital’s ICU, where he is also undergoing medical tests. The Archbishop, who was previously diagnosed negative with both…