His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III attended on Friday, 23 October, an online welcoming event to mark the second year of the foundation of the International Community of the Holy Sepulchre (ICoHS). ICoHS, which was created as a result of an initiative supported by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem in 2018, is a…

The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti performed the ordination to the priesthood of Deacon Gheorghe Chascear during the Divine Liturgy at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on Sunday, October 11, 2020. Father Gheorghe Chascear is of Ukrainian origin and will serve at Campulung la Tisa parish within the Romanian Patriarchate’s Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate. ‘We…

During his Sunday homily, the Archbishop of Suceava and Radauti referred to human trafficking, calling it ‘an outrageous sin that cries to heaven,’ adding that it leads to spiritual death. ‘Spiritual death comes too often from the handcuffing in which other people throw away the weak. They steal their identity, present and future. They rob…

On Sunday the 25th of October, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon presided over the Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Church of Sts Constantine and Helene in Perth, WA. At the conclusion of the service, His Grace conducted a Doxology in commemoration of OXI Day, 28th of October 1940. OXI Day commemorates the…

The Divine Liturgy of Saint James, which was written by Saint James the brother of our Lord and the first bishop of Jerusalem, was celebrated for the very first time in Perth at the Church of Saint Nektarios. His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyaneon presided over the liturgy assisted by the clergy of Western Australia….

In today’s Gospel reading, our Church puts forward the miraculous healing of the demon-possessed man of the Gadarenes. In point of fact, Jesus Christ met a man outside the city, who for years had been ruled by demons and who used to wonder around naked and sleep at the cemetery. In order for the members…

A doxology as a thanksgiving to God for His help for the liberation of the nation , was held at the Metropolitan Chapel in Lusaka today , October 24, 2020. The Doxology was led by his Eminence Archbishop of Zambia Ioannis and the clergy of Holy Metroplis . Archbishop prayed to God for the Country…

On October 23, 2020, the Parish of St. Jacob Nawango celebrated its Patron Saint feast with the Divine Liturgy under the blessings of His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu. It was presided over by the Vicar Eastern Region Fr. Chrysostomos Koolya, the area Dean Rev. Fr. Stephen Lunagula and Rev Fr Joseph Panuha. Believers were called…

On October 11, 2020, the Youth fraternity at St. Nicholas cathedral Namungoona was involved in the process of voting to elect a new Youth Council of leadership. This resulted from the fact that the incumbent council which has been in leadership since 2015 had out-leaved it’s term of office which is scheduled for 4 years…