In his sermon on Sunday, August 16, His Eminence Metropolitan Elijah of Beirut spoke about the devastating explosion that occurred in the Lebanese capital two weeks ago, offering the people a word of encouragement and hope. “It has been two weeks since a terrible explosion destroyed buildings and left the pain of the departed. Citizens…

The Transfiguration of the Lord in the Transfiguration City: The hierarchal Liturgy. – Meeting of Bishop Dimitrije with Mr. Dodik. – Festive evening and a cross procession in Trebinje. The Church community of Trebinje, Hercegovina, marked the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord with the Holy hierarchal Liturgy, as the central event of the…

  His Eminence Metropolitan Christopher (Kovacevich) of the Libertyville-Chicago Metropolitanate and Senior Hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church in North and South America, reposed in the Lord on the eve of the Great Feast of the Transfiguration, Wednesday, August 18, 2010. For most of his 60 years of devoted service in the Serbian Orthodox Church,…

The faithful of the Diocese of Nis celebrated the Transfiguration of the Lord with their Patriarch. On the eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, on August 18, 2020, His Grace Arsenije, Bishop of Nis, together with archimandrite Dionisije, Abbess Melania, the sisterhood and numerous priests and faithful people of the Diocese…

The tombstone of the world-famous Russian author Feodor Dostoyevsky at the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg has undergone a thorough restoration, in time for next year’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of his birth. His grave is located in the Necropolis of the Masters of the Arts just outside the Lavra walls. Work…

Archbishop Elpidophoros, the head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, offered the closing benediction for the third night of the Democratic National Convention last night. In his prayer, the Archbishop prayed that God would shine His light upon Biden to serve well as president, and that we might be inspired to…

On Wednesday, August 6/19, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ. On this day the Church following the Gospel narratives (Matt. 17: 1-3, Luke 9: 28-36, Mark 9: 2-13) commemorates the event when a little while before His Passion on the Cross, our Lord Jesus Christ appeared in…

  Take NSW Parliament 30 second online survey by Friday 21 August and support a Bill that protects Religious Freedom. URGENT: I urge all Orthodox Faithful and every resident in NSW to raise their voice in support of the NSW Bill that protects against discrimination on the basis of religion. Please take the NSW Parliament…

Lord, we thank you for creating us from nonexistence. Having disobeyed your life-giving commandment as we inherited the shadow of death and corruption, becoming wretched servants, you have restored us back to life because of your great mercy and paternal love. You gave us the means of a new life. Yet, by your immense compassion,…