On 1 August 2026, the island of Imbros will receive the sacred Icon of the Mother of God of the Akathist Hymn from Mount Athos. During the night of 7–8 August, marking the 1,400th anniversary of the chanting of the Akathist Hymn in the Church of the Theotokos at Blachernae in the Queen of Cities…

On Tuesday, 7 July, the Divine Liturgy, together with the Artoklasia service, was celebrated at the Holy Spring of the Holy Great Martyr Kyriaki of the Mountain, presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi.   vema.com.au

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church has encouraged Romanian children and young people living abroad to remain faithful ambassadors of Christianity and Romanian values, emphasising the importance of preserving their language, cultural heritage and spiritual roots through active ties with their homeland. In an official message addressed to participants in the 17th…

On Tuesday, 7 July, a group of children from Romania, currently participating in the Patriarchal Children’s Camp on the Island of Proti, visited the Ecumenical Patriarchate, where they were received by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. According to an official report issued by the Camp, the day’s excursion included visits to several historic and spiritual…

“Saint Kyriaki, who inherited through her perseverance and steadfastness in her confession of faith the ‘everlasting glory’ of her Bridegroom, Christ, stands as an example for us all. For our own life is, and ought to be, a testimony to our faith in Christ and to the glory handed down to us by our Fathers,…

The feast of Saint Astius, the first martyr-bishop and heavenly patron of the city of Durrës, was joyfully celebrated at the city’s central church, dedicated to the Holy Apostle Paul and Saint Astius. This year’s celebration was especially significant, as His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Albania presided over the Matins and the Divine Liturgy, concelebrating…

On Sunday, 5 July 2026, His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Archangel Michael in Golders Green, London. Concelebrating with His Grace were the Very Revd Archimandrite Vissarion Kokliotis, Parish Priest, the Very Revd Archimandrite Theophanis Petrou, the Revd Fr Dimitrios Mislis, together with…

On Wednesday, 24 June, following the proposal of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and after the canonical vote of the members of the Holy and Sacred Synod, Archimandrite Isidoros Katsos, Assistant Professor of Theological Epistemology and Philosophy in the Department of Theology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, was unanimously elected as an…

On the Fifth Sunday of Matthew, 5 July, when the Church commemorates All the Saints Who Shone Forth in Crete, His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Ierapytna and Sitia presided over the service of the Matins and subsequently celebrated the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of Saint Catherine in Sitia. At the conclusion of the…