Just days after the Huși Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church donated three houses to disadvantaged families as part of their “Joy is Home” project, the Archdiocese of Timișoara is doing the same. In the village of Babșa in Timiș County, the Archdiocese bought and donated a house to a mother with five children who…

June 11, 2020 To the Reverend Clergy & Monastics of the Metropolis of Atlanta: My beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, I greet you with love and joy in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I pray that this message finds you well, as our hearts continue to dwell with the…

On Sunday June 1/14, 2020 the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of All Saints, as it is ordained at the Book of Pentecostarion, at the chapel dedicated to them inside the Holy Church of The Meeting of the Lord in Panagia Sayda Naya, near the Patriarchate at the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem….

June 8, 2020 Beloved Faithful in Christ, Greetings and blessings to you and your families in the Name of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ! As we wrote in our pastoral letter for Pentecost, these holiest of days have been difficult and heartrending. We have experienced the unprecedented restrictions on the gathering of our…

June 14, 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 Metropolis of New…

A wildfire that erupted on Friday in a forest area at the Cape Arapis site on Mount Athos was under control on Sunday, with up to 40 firefighters patrolling the area. According to reports, the wildfire erupted after lightning struck the ground at the remote and mountainous site. However, the flames were at a significant…

A new four-member executive organ of the Holy Community, the council of representatives of all 20 monasteries located on the semi-autonomous, was appointed on Sunday, following centuries-old Athonite tradition. The executive council, known as the Holy Epistasia, will be headed by Megistis Lavras’ representative Elder Pavlos. The head of the Holy Epistasia is known as…

After the decision of the Holy and Sacred Synod, Chaired by H.H.B. the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, on Saturday morning, May 31/June 13, 2020, during the Divine Liturgy at the Horrendous Golgotha, His Eminence Archbishop Aristovoulos of Madaba ordained to Priest the Deacon Alexander Yasevich, who has been serving at the Russian-speaking Community in Be‘er…

Filming has begun in Greece of the US-Greek production “Man of God”, based on the life and works of St. Nektarios of Aegina, with Yelena Popovic directing and penning the scenario. Parts of Athens, the harbor town of Lavrio and the Saronic island of Aegina itself will serve as the backdrops for the feature-length film….