No title in the Church rises to the height and beauty of the surname “Father”. September 30 is annually dedicated to the Father of all fathers in the Romanian Orthodox Church: His Beatitude Daniel, a Patriarch for 13 years. Especially in the Solemn Year of the Pastoral Care of Parents and Children, it is necessary…

Archdeacon Paul Loghin is teaching Byzantine music lessons in London at the Romanian Music School AB Music Academy. “The Byzantine music course was born from the desire of lovers of this kind of music from Great Britain, especially those from London, and aims to initiate those interested in the secrets of Byzantine chanting by getting…

Parishes across the Archdiocese will be observing National Church Music Sunday on Sunday, October 4, 2020. This day is an annual Archdiocese-wide commemoration occurring on the first Sunday in October following the Feast of St. Romanos the Melodist, the patron saint of church musicians. On National Church Music Sunday, we honor the contributions that clergy,…

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The third part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with chanters, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. The assembly, or e-synaxis, was held on Sept. 11. 

Church hierarchs on the council of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia met on Tuesday in Sydney, under the chairmanship of His Eminence, Archbishop Makarios, to deal with several issues on the agenda. After extensive deliberations, members of the Archdiocese Council unanimously approved of a series of matters, with a subsequent announcement, noting, among others, that…

Approval has been given to a project to maintain, restore and digitalize a part of the historical archive of manuscripts, short films and miniatures of the Thessaloniki-based Institute of Patriarchal Studies and the Holy Royal Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Vlatades. In a statement, Thessaloniki Deputy Regional Governor Voula Patoulidou stated that “…the archive of…

Members of the Greek government Cabinet convened on Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, with the main topics on the agenda dealing with the repercussions of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. One issue that touched on the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece came during a briefing by Tourism Minister Haris Theocharis, who detailed…

The Church today venerates the memory of Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia. Today is also the feast day of Mardonios and Stratonikos, the Martyrs.