During the struggle of the current coronavirus pandemic, The Greek Orthodox Parish & Community of The Resurrection of Christ, Our Lady of Myrtles and St Elesa, Kogarah under the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, has founded a new initiative to help those struggling and in need. Together…

On Thursday, October 8, 2020, when the Holy Church commemorates the repose of Venerable Sergius, Abbot of Radonezh and Wonderworker of All Russia, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York celebrated Divine Liturgy in St Sergius Church at the Synodal Headquarters in New York City. Concelebrating with the First Hierarch of the Russian Church…

The Moscow publisher “Traditsiya” came out with a Russian-language book by the eminent Church scholar of the 20th century, Archimandrite Konstantin (Zaitsev), long-time editor of Pravoslavnay Rus (Orthodox Rus’) and resident of Holy Trinity Monastery in Jordanville, NY. titled, The Podvig of Orthodox Russianness. The book is a collection of articles by Fr Konstantin published…

SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER / 12 OCTOBER 2020: His Grace Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe travelled to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to celebrate a weekend of Divine Services in honour of the Altar Feast of the Parish: the uncovering of the incorrupt relics of our Father amongst the saints, St John the Wonderworker. Established in…

On September 28/October 11, the Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St Hariton the Confessor. The monastery of St Hariton, built around the caves of the first “Lavra” in Palestine was founded by St Hariton. This monastery belongs to the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. This year…

Every year on the 14th of October, the Romanian Orthodox Church commemorates our Venerable Mother Parascheva. She is especially honored in Moldova, for her holy relics have been in Iaşi for 350 years. Among the people she is also known as “Holy Friday” or “Great Friday”. St. Parascheva lived in the first half of the 11th…

Bulgaria’s first spiritual center for social rehabilitation and the integration of children was solemnly opened on Monday in the town of Elin Pelin in the central Sofia Province. The center is a joint project of the Metropolis of Sofia of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church and the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy. The opening of…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia issued a statement on the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday, calling on both sides to respect and continue the ceasefire agreed upon on Saturday and to take the opportunity to meet and discuss peacefully. The current troubles, which began on September 27, are the latest manifestation…

Today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received Metropolitan Evangelos of Sardes, and congratulated him on his election to this historic Metropolis of the All-Venerable Ecumenical Throne. During their fraternal and cordial meeting, the two hierarchs discussed the practical issues of transmission and reception of the Holy Metropolis of New Jersey, and the Archbishop had the opportunity…