On Saturday, September 26, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas will preside over Matins and celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint John the Theologian in Hackney, E. London. On Sunday, September 27, His Eminence will preside over Matins and serve the Divine Liturgy (7:45-10:45) at the Cathedral of Saint Andrew the Apostle in Kentish…

A historic 215,000-square foot wooden building on the island of Prinkipos (Büyükada in Turkish) off the coast of Istanbul has collapsed, according to photos posted on Twitter. The structure, which belonged to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, was the largest wooden building in Europe and second largest in the world. It served as an orphanage…

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On 20th September 2020, on the eve of the 40th day after the demise of Archimandrite Alexi (Chehadeh), director of the Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development of the Orthodox Church of Antioch, a memorial litya was celebrated at his burial place in the Christian Bab Sharqi cemetery in Damascus, Syria, by Hegumen Arseniy (Sokolov),…

The Board of Directors of the Greek Orthodox Community of New South Wales and the Church Committee are pleased to announce that from Sunday 27th September 2020, the St. Sophia Cathedral will reopen at South Dowling & Napier Streets, Paddington, NSW, Australia. The Cathedral had remained closed for a long time due to the renovation…

On Monday September 8/21, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Nativity of our Most Holy Lady Theotokos. On this Feast the Church as a whole, and especially the Church of Jerusalem commemorates the fact that God gave Mary to the former barren parents of Hers, Joachim and Anna, who were also in advanced…

On 18th September 2020, Mr. Miklós Soltész, Hungary’s Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs, visited the town of Hévíz, in particular, a building site of the Russian Orthodox church of the “Life-Giving Spring” Icon of the Mother of God. At the construction site Mr. Soltész and those accompanying him were met by…

On 23rd September 2020, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, met with H.E. Mr. Alexander Rudakov, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Lebanese Republic. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Rudakov had held the post of Deputy Director of the Middle East…

The film, called “The Story of One Love”, is about the life of the large family of Archpriest Andrew Dziuba and his Presbytera Helen was made in the Volyn Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reports Pravoslavna.volyn.ua. “The life of this family is amazing, because 14 children were born and are being brought up here. The…