The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, was the recipient of a pleasant surprise this week, as students of the All Saints Greek Orthodox Grammar School, who in anticipation of Christmas, visited the headquarters of the Holy Archdiocese in Sydney to announce the joyful message of the birth of Christ. Archbishop Makarios warmly thanked the…

The Bishop of Orehovo-Zuevо, His Grace Panteleimon, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry, on Tuesday comforted patients being treated for the Covid-19 virus at the Russian capital’s 52nd hospital. His Grace wore a special protection suit in order to enter the coronavirus ward, where he spoke with…

Today, November 25th, is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, as declared by the United Nations. According to numerous media reports over the recent period, restrictive measures due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have caused instances of domestic violence to increase by as much as five-fold around the world. According to…

The President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nicos Anastasiades, appeared in a videotaped address at the Economist’s 16th Cyprus Virtual Summit, which was conducted online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In reference to the nearly half-century Cyprus problem, Anastasiades reiterated that his government’s aim and top priority remains none other than to reunify the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Catherine, the Great Martyr of Alexandria. St. Catherine was an exceedingly beautiful maiden, most chaste, and illustrious in wealth, lineage and learning. By her steadfast understanding, she utterly vanquished the passionate and unbridled soul of Maxi-minus, the tyrant of Alexandria; and by her eloquence, she silenced the so-called…

A medical bulletin issued on Wednesday by the Evangelismos hospital in central Athens announced that the condition of the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, is proceeding in a satisfactory manner. His Beatitude tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, and as a result, was hospitalized as a precautionary measure last Thursday, exhibiting…

On November 23, 2020, after a successful visit in the Metropolis of Nairobi, The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa THEODOROS II has visited the Orthodox Diocese of Nyeri and Mt. Kenya where he was given a warm welcome together with those that accompanied him who included the Metropolitan of Nairobi and the…

On 22 November 2020, the 24th Sunday after Pentecost: Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of the Lord Cathedral in Chisinau. Liturgical responses at the Divine Service were provided by the Cathedral Choir directed by Angela Angheni. Archpriest Vadim Cheibas, the Cathedral Dean and Metropolitan Secretary, concelebrated…

On Saturday, 21 November 2020, on the Feast of Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, the first hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Monastery of the Holy Prophet Elias in Nicoreni community, Drochia region. Metropolitan Vladimir was assisted at the service by Archimandrite Kirill (Braguta), the monk superior of…