The “Holy Empress Helen” Counseling and Information Center was inaugurated on Sunday in the presence of Father Ciprian Ioniță, Patriarchal Counselor, who officiated the blessing service and offered a gift on behalf of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel: the icon of the Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen. The new centre will provide support for women in…

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His Beatitude Patriarch John X met the Coordinators of the main sections in Damascus and the region coordinators at the Antiochian Orthodox Patriarchate’s Department of Ecumenical Relations and Development on Tuesday August 18, 2020, at the Monastery of Saint George Al Homayra. The meeting started with a Trisagion prayer for the repose of Archimandrite Alexi…

We are pleased to announce that the Byzantine Music School of Australia (Adelaide) started its Pilot Program this evening. The Pilot Program will continue for the rest of 2020. Lessons are happening on a weekly basis on Tuesday’s starting at 6:30 pm and being held at the Holy Monastery of Saint Nectarios Croydon Park. Greek…

Beloved in the Lord, We are filled with sadness and distress over the devastating explosion that recently occurred in Beirut, Lebanon. This has tragically led to loss of life, thousands who are injured, and countless people whose homes have been destroyed as a result of the power and magnitude of this blast. This area was…

  ”In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of life, you departed to the source of life, delivering our souls from death by your intercessions”. Kontakion “Neither the grave nor death could contain the Theotokos, the unshakable hope, ever vigilant in intercession and protection….

With the blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Gulu and Eastern Uganda today officiated the launching of the Covid19 mitigation equipment donated by UOMB – Uganda Orthodox Medical Bureau with support from IOCC – International Orthodox Christian Charities at Holy Cross Orthodox Mission Hospital – Namungoona. These equipments…

Romanian churches and landmark buildings were illluminated in red on the evening of August 16 to mark the first National Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu Martyrs and of Awareness of Violence against Christians. To show the Romanians’ awareness regarding violence and persecution against Christians, which continues even today in the world, buildings from Romania’s…

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