The Patriarchate of Jerusalem this week celebrated the Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord and the feast day of St. Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea, with Matins and the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Jerusalem Patriarchate follows the Julian calendar. The festivities were officiated by Patriarch of Jerusalem,…

Today marks the 71st anniversary of an unofficial referendum held on the then British-ruled eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus favoring unification with the motherland Greece. The referendum was inspired by the reposed Archbishop of Cyprus Makarios, who had just returned to his native island from exile imposed by the British authorities.

The Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Friday extended its sincerest condolences to the family of reposed master head chanter – or protopsaltis – Charilaos Taliadoros, who passed away last week in Thessaloniki at the age of 95. Taliadoros, an Archon of the Archdiocese of Constantinople, for decades taught Byzantine ecclesiastical…

An encyclical issued by the Metropolis of Ioannina states that worshipers will be allowed to venerate the holy relics and icon of the city’s patron saint, St. George the New Martyr of Ioannina – and specifically for three days this month, from Jan. 16 to Jan. 18. The encyclical reminds that all state-mandated public health…

An expert committee of public health officials and epidemiologists in Greece has reportedly given the government the “go-ahead” to allow the reopening of the retail sector in the country, as of Monday. Much of the retail sector in Greece has been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Strict restrictions will still be imposed, with the…

Today is the feast day of Paul of Thebes, first among hermits. The Church today also venerates the memory of John the Hut-Dweller, and Pansophios, the Martyr of Alexandria.  

On the day when the Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord and St. Basil the Great (New Year), His Grace Bishop Kiril of Buenos Aires and South-Central America celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in Cetinje Monastery. Archpriest-staurophores Gojko Perovic and Obren Jovanovic, archpriests Igor Balaban and Mirceta Sljivančanin, abbot of the monastery of St….

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The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain has expressed its gratitude to the His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew regarding the election of Bishop Athanasios as Metropolitan of Colognia. The announcement of the Archdiocese reads: “Having learned of the election of His Grace Bishop Athanasios of Tropaeou as the Metropolitan of the once-illustrious Metropolitanate of Colognia,…