A monument to His Holiness Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (1914-2009), who was considered a saint already during his lifetime, was installed in the city of Pale in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina on Saturday, September 12. The installation was timed to the Patriarch’s birthday, September 11. The 30th anniversary of his enthronement as Patriarch will…

  Jvari Monastery is one of the great jewels of the Georgian Orthodox Church. Built in the 6th century near the ancient capital of Mtskheta, its Church of the Holy Cross is a rare case of an early medieval Georgian church that has survived nearly unchanged till today. The monastery is listed as UNESCO World…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios attended the NSW Parliament on Thursday, where he was congratulated by NSW government leaders over the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia’s handling of the coronavirus. His Eminence was warmly welcomed and hosted by State representatives, including NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, Minister of Multicultural Affairs, Geoff Lee, and Oatley MP, Mark Coure….

The Christ and Anastasia Economos Orthodoxy in America Lecture presented by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America The Christ and Anastasia Economos Orthodoxy in America Lecture hosted by the Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University is the largest annual lecture of its kind and the only one housed within a university setting. In addition, the…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, this week received Greece’s general consul to Jerusalem, Evangelos Vlioras, at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate. In recognition of his support to the Jerusalem Patriarchate, the Greek diplomat was bestowed the Order of the Orthodox Crusaders of the Patriarchy of Jerusalem.   

Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke visited and prayed at the Cathedral of St. Nektarios of Aegina this week, after wrapping up his scenes for the movie “Man of God”, which recounts the works, life and miracles of the early 20th century saint. The award-winning actor portrays a cripple cured by a relic of the saint. Rourke…

Works on the intricate and massive mosaics at the Cathedral of St. Sava in the Serbian capital have been completed. The mosaics in the iconic cathedral cover a space 15,000 square meters, with expert craftsmen and specialists from Russia taking part in the construction and placement of the mosaics.

A Great Vespers service was held on Sunday at the historic Church of the Elevation of the True Cross in the Bornova suburb of Smyrna, renamed Izmir by the Turkish state, and on the occasion of the great feast day of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross. The service was officiated by the…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday received Greece’s Alternate Migration and Asylum Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos. The Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s reiterated the Church’s volition to assist the Greek state in dealing with the ongoing migration/refugee crisis faced by the country. Hundreds of thousands of third…