NBA player Nikola Vučevic, an ethnic Montenegrin, continues to offer assistance to his compatriots, amid the ongoing pandemic. The star center for the Orlando Magic recently contributed a significant amount towards the soup kitchens and meal delivery network run by the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country.     According to an announced by…

A con-celebratory Archieratical Divine Liturgy was held on Tuesday at the St. Irene Orthodox Church in the central Tanzanian village of Mkoga, in the country’s Iringa district, on the Feast Day of the Great Martyr Irene. The Nun Irene from Romania, a tireless missionary and caretaker of orphans in the area, was in attendance during…

The nun Mariam, the Abbess, or Hegumeni, of the Holy Monastery of the Panaghia Amirous, in Limassol, Cyprus, reposed in the Lord on Tuesday evening. The Abbess Mariam served Christ as a nun at the Cypriot monastery for 35 years, while she was enthroned in 2002 by the Metropolitan of Limassol, His Eminence Athanasios. The…

The third part of the second online Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. The Archontariki was held last Saturday. Archontariki in Greek is the guest house in a monastery. Among others,…

The Metropolitan of Kastoria, His Eminence Seraphim, reiterated that he is in favor of measures and precautions to prevent exposure to the coronavirus, but that he’s also against what he called a “terrorizing” of public opinion. He Eminence spoke to the Orthodoxia News Agency and journalist Maria Giachnaki this week. In other comments, the Metropolitan…

Public debate regarding an omnibus draft bill for public education concluded on Wednesday, with the draft legislation now headed for Parliament. Among others, the draft bill foresees the same number of hours for weekly religious studies, which had been cut three years ago by the previous SYRIZA government. As such, provisions in the draft bill…

Today is the third Wednesday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter Sunday. The Church today also venerates the memory of New St. Sophia, the Eldress of Kleisoura.  

On Sunday, April 20/ May 3, 2020, Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers according to Pentecostarion, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of Joseph of Arimathaea at his Holy Monastery in Remli, ancient town of Arimathaea, which was his hometown. On this feast the Church commemorates that righteous Joseph went to Pilate and asked Jesus’ body, and having…

The Annunciation Kindergarten of the Romanian Patriarchate will open its gates this year as part of the programs organized by the Church to reflect the pastoral care to parents and children. Through this initiative, the Romanian Church wanted to highlight the importance of Christian education for contemporary society. The Annunciation Kindergarten will offer before- and…