Young people from the Romania-based Orthodox association of “St. Meletios”, which caters to the hearing impaired, were presented this week with gifts conveyed by the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, ahead of Christmas, including the edition “Stories from the Gospels, for Children and Parents”. The initiative is part of the “St. Nicholas in…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week issued a message on the somber occasion of the passing of former US Senator Paul Sarbanes. His Eminence noted that “…it is very difficult to speak of Senator Sarbanes’ accomplishments, as they are virtually numberless; but through them all, he was a devoted husband and father,…

  The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Monday bestowed the Holy Cross of the Apostle and Evangelist Mark to the head of Cairo’s Hellenic Cultural Center, Ioannis Fourtounas. The Primate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria praised the research work of Prof. Fourtounas, whose research has…

Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the repose in the Lord of Elder Ephraim of Arizona. The Elder Ephraim left behind a prolific spiritual and monastic legacy in North America — being a pioneer of Orthodox monasticism on the continent by helping establish numerous monasteries in the United States and Canada, and creating a spiritual…

Heightened concerns have again surfaced within the Church of Greece’s ranks, as well as among the faithful in the predominately Orthodox nation, on exactly what restrictions will be imposed during the upcoming Christmas services, given that a partial nationwide lockdown in the country, imposed to prevent exposure to the coranavirus, extends to Dec. 14. A…

The Church today venerates the memory of Patapius, the Righteous of Thebes. This saint hailed from Upper Egypt, and toiled for many years in the desert wilderness. He departed for Constantinople, and having performed many miracles and healings, he reposed in peace in the fifth century in a mountain cave above the Gulf of Corinth,…

On Thursday, November 3/20, 2020, the new Ambassador of Cyprus in Tel-Aviv/ Israel, Mrs Theodora Constantinidou visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by the Attache’ Mr Constantinou. The new Ambassador was warmly received by His Beatitude and Hagiotaphite Fathers. In this visit, His Beatitude spoke to the Ambassador about the Patriarchate, as the first Christian religious institution…

On Tuesday, November 25/ December 8, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine the all-wise. On this Feast, the Church commemorates Saint Catherine, who lived in Alexandria of Egypt in the 4th century. The Saint was well-educated and “silenced brilliantly the clever among the godless, by the sword of the…

On Monday morning, November 24 / December 7, 2020, the Ambassador of Greece in Tel-Aviv Mr Panayiotis Sarris visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by his wife Mrs Catherine Loupa and his colleagues Mr Constantinos Daskalopoulos and Mrs Dimitra Mazaraki. The Ambassador and his company were received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and…