The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, was treated to traditional Christmas carols over the weekend, as two youth groups from the Association of Romanian Orthodox Students visited His Beatitude at the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest. The Romanian Patriarch congratulated the university students for their efforts and good works, underling that “…we are jubilant…

A Christmas celebration for children was organized in Damascus by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian embassy in the Syrian capital and the Russian center for science and culture. Most of the children in attendance were displaced residents from the town of Al-Zabadani, on the mountainous border with Lebanon, which was at one time was…

Public debate regarding Greece’s digital transformation between 2020 and 2025 was concluded this month, with the initiative describing the strategy and actions to be taken, which include a portion dedicated to the country’s Orthodox Christian heritage. Specifically, the digitization of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s cultural legacy, as well as of the very significant…

The Metropolitan of Symi, an island in the eastern Aegean, His Eminence Chrysostomos, over the weekend received the visiting chief of the Hellenic Army general staff, Lt.-Gen. Charalambos Lalousis. The Greek military leader arrived on the island to inspect national guard units and to wish servicemen and women a happy Christmas. He also visited the…

Cabinet ministers of the government of Cyprus will convene on Tuesday to decide on the manner in which places of worship in the free areas of the island republic will open during the upcoming Holy 12-day Christmas celebrations – including the number of worshippers allowed inside churches during services. The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Eminence…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has urged all to abide by precautionary measures imposed by competent authorities for as long as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, in a homily read out on Saturday, during an online Christmas event with members of the associations representing the Greek Orthodox faithful of Constantinople and…

The Church today venerates the memory of Juliana of Nicomedia, and her 630 companion Martyrs. St. Juliana achieved the crown of martyrdom in the year 299 when beheaded, and after suffering numerous brutal torments. Some 500 men and 130 women witnessed her devoutness in faith and thus believed in Christ. They, too, were also beheaded.

“Today our Church celebrates St Ignatios the God-bearer. The tradition says that he was the child that Christ held in his arms and said to everyone “If you do not become like this child, you will not inherit eternal life”. “What do the children possess that we don’t, and why can they enter the Kingdom…

Sunday the 20th of December 2020 marked the inaugural State-wide Christmas Carols (Kalanda) event for the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide. For many years, a number of parishes across Adelaide had been having their own Christmas carols. But for the first time this year, with the blessing and encouragement of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios and his…