His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon visited the Holy Monastery of Pantanassa in Mangrove Mountain, NSW, together with Fr Stavros Ivanos, parish priest of St Stephanos in Hurlstone Park, Sydney, on Saturday 16 January. His Grace was warmly welcomed by the Abbot of the Monastery, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Eusebios, the former Abbot, the Very…

Thanks to its 10th annual “Give Joy for Christmas” campaign, the Mercy Orthodox relief service of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Services was able to raise more than $81,500 to purchase more than 13,000 Christmas gifts for the needy. Altogether, $81,660 (6 million rubles)—twice as much as last year—was donated…

Speaking at trapeza on the great feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ, Elder Parthenius, the abbot of St. Paul’s Monastery on Mt. Athos, spoke about a prayer against the coronavirus that he reads at the end of his prayer rule. In the same talk, he also addressed the issue of coronavirus vaccines,…

On January 14, 2021, on the feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and St. Basil the Great, His Eminence Metropolitan Benjamin of Minsk, the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and funeral for His Eminence Metropolitan Philaret, the Patriarchal Exarch Emeritus, in the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk. His Eminence reposed…

On the Sunday after the Nativity of the Lord, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the central cathedral of Chisinau. The arch-pastor was assisted at the service by archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Cathedral Dean, and numerous clergy of the holy shrine. The Sunday Gospel Reading mentions about the exodus of…

On January 7, 2021, when the Orthodox Church celebrated the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral in Chisinau. During the service, the metropolitan secretary and Cathedral Dean, archpriest Vadim Cheibas, read out the arch-pastoral message…

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Saint Dositej was a man of love, who built bridges and who educated his faithful people to glorify God with their whole being and to love all people with their whole being, Metropolitan Porfirije said. The memory of Saint Dositej the Confessor of Zagreb was celebrated with gatherings in the Cathedral church of the Transfiguration…

Places of worship in Greece will again welcome worshippers for services, following a government decision on Friday afternoon to ease pandemic restrictions in the country, with a ceiling of 50 people set and a ratio of one person per 25 square meters mandated. Regions, however, where a high concentration of the Covid-19 virus is detected…