At the invitation of His Grace Vasilije, Bishop of Srem, Vasilije, His Holiness Patriarch Irinej visited Sremski Karlovci on August 11, 2020. The renovation of the facades of the Cathedral and the Patriarchal Palace has been underway, which is financed by the Provincial Government from the funds established two years ago for the renovation of…

His Holiness Irinej, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, had a meeting with the President of  Republic of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vucic, on August 12, 2020. According to the official news release on the site of the President of Serbia, important national topics,  such as fight for Kosovo and Metohija, difficult position of the Serbs…

NEW YORK: On Thursday, August 13th, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened a Holy Eparchial Synod meeting via a teleconference to review significant matters of the Holy Archdiocese. For the accurate information of the clergy and the laity of the Archdiocese, it is clarified that, as it had been decided in 1994, the pension…

Dormition of the Theotokos 2020   The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox…

The Belarusian Orthodox Church has issued an address to the people of Belarus amid the street demonstrations, calling on people to observe the public order. “Take care of yourselves and your relatives and loved ones; don’t give in to provocations and act in the spirit of the law of Christian love and the legislation of…

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The leader of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Pavel, has said that he will meet with representatives of the authorities to discuss a peaceful resolution to the situation which has emerged following the presidential election in Belarus. “I will meet with representatives [of the authorities],” he said at a press conference in Minsk on Wednesday,…

St Dimitrios Greek Orthodox Church in Achrafieh is less than a kilometre away from where the Beirut explosion took place. Father Youil Nassif rushed to the church to check for damage, finding the nave completely ruined. But the sacred altar space, protected by the “iconostasis” (wall of icons), was almost unscathed – including an oil…

On Monday, July 28/August 10, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of St. Ioannis the New Hozevite at the Holy Monastery of Hozeva, at the desert of brook Chorath, not far away from Jericho. On this day the Church, and especially the Church of Jerusalem honours St. Ioannis from Romania, who came to the Holy…