Yesterday, on the feast day of the Ascension of the Lord, His Eminence Archbishop Agapit of Stuttgart, Vicar of the German Diocese, reposed in the Lord. Baptised as Alexander, the future Archbishop Agapit was born in Germany on 29th September, 1955. He completed his schooling in Franfurt-am-Main and went on to study at the department…

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia is sure that the days of self-isolation should lead to spiritual improvement and will result in spiritual renewal of Russia and the whole world. “The time we are living through today is optimal for making a kind of spiritual breakthrough in your life,” he said in his sermon…

On May 28, 2020, His Grace Bishop Neofitos Kong’ai celebrated Divine Liturgy at his residence Chapel. In attendance were Clergy from Nyeri deanery. “By the Grace of God I had the unique privilege to celebrate Divine Liturgy with the clergy from Nyeri Deanery on the feast of Ascension of our Lord. This was a very…

After more than two months of closure prompted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan in early March, the government announced on Thursday that mosques and churches will reopen as of June 5th and 7th respectively. State Minister for Media Affairs Amjad Adileh made the announcement at a press conference alongside Minister of…

The City of Belgrade marked its Patron Saint-day (slava) – Ascension of Our Lord with the Patriarchal Liturgy His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of the Ascension of Our Lord with the concelebration of protopresbyter-staurophor Vaja Jovic, archpriest Dejan Jakovljevic, presbyterс Predrag Timotijevic and Slavisa Popovic, protodeacon Stevan…

Commemoration of Constantinople 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…

  As we are in National Reconciliation Week, I feel the need to join my voice with the voices of all those who struggled throughout the decades to achieve reconciliation in this Australian nation. I feel the need to direct my steps towards the path taken by those who crossed Sydney’s Harbour Bridge 20 years…

On Thursday, May 15/28, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the glorious Ascension of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ into heaven. On this Feast the Church commemorates the event that after His many appearances to His Disciples, the Resurrected Lord was ascended gloriously into heaven on the Mount of Olives, forty…

CONSTANTA, Romania — Stretching the church calendar, Orthodox Easter arrived over a month late in a Romanian city on the shores of the Black Sea. Wanting to give worshippers the opportunity to take part in what is considered to be the most important Christian celebration, Romanian Orthodox Archbishop Teodosie held an unprecedented Easter service Tuesday…