When he (Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos) was encouraging us once to study Patristic writings, he mentioned that there was benefit not only in their teaching and exhortations, but also from their prayers. As well as studying their works, we should call upon them. In his hermitage at New Skete, on the Holy Mountain, while he…

The Religious and Foundation Employees’ Union (Diyanet Bir-Sen) called for the first Friday prayer after the coronavirus pandemic to be performed in Hagia Sophia. Friday is considered the Holy Day in Islam. Hagia Sophia is the spiritual home for Orthodox Christians, in the same way the Vatican is for Catholics or Mecca and Medina is…

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Christ is Risen! Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! On the Second Sunday after Pascha, we remember the Myrrh Bearing Women, Mary Magdalene, Mary the Mother of James, and Salome. In the Gospel lesson we hear once again the account from the Gospel of Mark about these women who went to the…

The Coronavirus pandemic has kept the doors of our churches closed and parish activities limited to virtual gatherings. That has not stopped the Metropolis of San Francisco in providing resources and support for our clergy and parishes by utilizing technology to create a network of information. His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos established a COVID-19 Parish Support…

Churches can be open daily from 7.30 am to 6.30 pm, Archbishop Chrysostomos said in a circular on Friday. They can open at 6.30 am on days on which there is a service. The circular, sent to clergy and church committees, follows the government’s decision to include prayers in places of worship in the first…

On the occasion of the annual memorial of the NATO bombing in Murina in 1999, where six residents of that small town were killed, presbyter Bojan Radunovic, parish priest of the Upper Lim and Gusinja , officiated the Holy Liturgy on 30th April 2020 at the church of Venerable Mother Parasceva the Serb in Murina,…

Regarding the article “Respect for the privacy and use of personal data provided by the Law” published in the daily “Danas”, on 28th April, 2020, the integral answer of His Grace to the questions of the journalist of this newspaper Jelena Tasic has been conveyed here: To Mrs Jelena Tasic, journalist of the newspaper “Danas” Belgrade…

The main cathedral of the Russian armed forces should not feature depictions of Joseph Stalin, says Vladimir Legoida, the chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s Synodal Department for the Cooperation of Church and Society. This statement was reported by Interfax. “[Stalin’s] name is connected to many troubles in people’s lives, which cannot be erased from…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew participated in a 24-hour drive for unity, The Call to Unite, organized by disability rights activist and film producer Timothy Shriver. It opened Friday evening and features numerous leaders and celebrities offering video messages of solidarity and support amid the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. View featured videos and see the schedule…