Bishop Veniamin of Zheleznogorsk and Lgovsk died of coronavirus on Sunday, Patriarch Kirill-led working group said. “Several days ago, Bishop Veniamin was hospitalized to the Kursk Semashko regional clinical infectious diseases hospital. Yesterday, the church hierarch was moved to the intensive care unit, he was diagnosed with double pneumonia, which was caused by the coronavirus…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily for the Sunday of Thomas  April 26, 2020 Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church, Brookville, New York Brothers and Sisters in the Risen Christ, Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! [and in response: Ἀληθῶς Ἀνέστη!] Christ is Risen! [and in response: Truly He is Risen!] And though the doors were sealed shut – καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, the Lord…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, has sent a letter to the country’s relevant education and religious affairs minister demanding that cathedrals and chapels be allowed to reopen, using unequivocal language to press home the Church of Greece’s position. The letter sent to Minister Niki Karameos was first approved by members of…

The Church today commemorates Thomas Sunday, held exactly a week after Holy and Great Easter Sunday. According to the Gospels, And Thomas, beholding and examining carefully the hands and side of the Master, cried out with faith, “My Lord and my God.” Thus he clearly proclaimed the two natures – human and divine – of…

The Director of the Lviv City Council’s Mayor Administration Department published a letter from Patriarch Bartholomew. Almost a month after Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew sent a letter to the mayor of Lviv, Director of the City Mayor Administration Department of the Lviv City Council, Yevgeny Boyko, published its text on his Facebook page. In the document, the Head of Phanar…

Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa unveiled the bust of Abbot Agathangelos at the Holy Monastery of St. George in Old Cairo, marking the 50th anniversary of his death. Patriarch Theodore performed the Divine Liturgy behind closed doors and without the participation of the faithful. The bells of the Rotunda of East were tolling…

Carrying on a centuries-old Orthodox tradition of religious processions in times of suffering and need, the relics of St. Filofteia of Argeş, known as the “Protectress of Romania,” were carried in procession throughout Argeş County on Wednesday, April 22, with prayers to end the coronavirus pandemic. Her miraculous relics are treasured at the Archdiocesan Cathedral…

On Saturday, the Romanian Orthodox Church marks its 135th anniversary of autocephaly. After Romania gained its state independence in 1877 and was declared a Kingdom in 1881, the prestige of the Romanian Orthodox Church increased, making necessary the formal recognition of its autocephaly, long denied by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. On November 23, 1882, the Holy…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia has released his message regarding ANZAC Day. The message reads: Today we respectfully honour the thousands of men and women who gave their lives for Australia. We remember their sacrifice with gratitude and are inspired by their virtue and the principles for which they fought. At the same time,…