His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East sent a message of condolences to Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah over the passing away of former Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Below is the message text: By this letter, we would like to extend to you and the…

Despite the restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus, the construction of new Orthodox churches in Moscow is ahead of schedule this year. “If in just one district we start building three churches, then we will exceed the overall plan of our program for building churches in 2020,” His Grace Bishop Paramon, head of the Moscow…

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…