The Church today venerates the memory of Carpus, Papylus, Agathodorus and Agathonica, the Martyrs of Pergamus. They were all beheaded for their faith during the reign of Decius, in the year 250.

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch. celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral Church in Belgrade on October 10, 2020, on Ven. Cyriacus’ All Souls’ Day. In the prayerful presence of His Grace Bishop Mitrophan of Canada, the Patriarch was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophor Petar Lukic, presbyter Slavisa Popovic and archdeacon Damjan Bozic. The sermon was…

The virtual tour of the Diveyevo Monastery is available online on the monastery’s website. It includes 120 panoramas made in the daytime and at night. The tour presents an aerial panorama, views of the holy spring of St. Seraphim, of the Holy Canal along which walk and pray pilgrims and the Mother of God herself,…

The visit of His Beatitude Patriarch John X to the Dormition of the Theotokos Church in Zabadani to follow the reconstruction works. The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Monday toured the Dormition of the Theotokos cathedral in the small Syrian city of Zabadani, where reconstruction works are underway….

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Today marks the 76th-anniversary of the evacuation of Axis occupation troops from Athens during WWII. German troops began retreating from the Greek capital on the evening of October 11, 1944, with only a handful of remaining Nazis assembling at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in front of Parliament in central Athens, on the morning…

A ceremony awarding certificates to candidates that successfully completed the Evengios Voulgaris program for Advanced Studies in Orthodox Spiritual Life and Theology, which was held at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. The St. Maxim the Greek Institute, with the support of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, has established…

A virtual tour of the Holy Trinity-St. Seraphim Monastery, near the Russian city of Sarov, is now available to the faithful. The virtual tour was created by Dmitri Kaskanov, and includes 120 panoramic images of the monastery and its cells, as well as the Holy Relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Virtual Tour – click…

The Episcopal council of bishops of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral this week called on citizens in the small Adriatic country to respect and faithfully implement public health measures in order prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus. A communiqué issued by the council of bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro referred…