On Bright Tuesday, the third day of Holy Pascha, the wonderworking Axion Estin (It is Truly Meet) Icon of the Mother of God from Romania’s famous Sihăstria Monastery was carried in procession, with the monks entreating God for relief from the coronavirus pandemic and drought. The procession took place after the celebration of the Divine…

  Also on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency today you’ll find a video travelogue to the Kastelli district of western Crete, for a feature on the local Metropolis. The Holy Metropolis’ works and contributions in the fields of healthcare, education and charity have touched the lives of the region’s residents. The feature also…

The second online Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will be held on May 2, from 10 a.m. to noon, Athens time, or 08.00 to 10.00 GMT. If you’d like to participate, please register on a specific webpage form who will find…

  The Attica Regional Government entity, which covers the greater Athens area, has transported a large amount of sanitary materials to ethnic Greek communities in southern Albania, following a request by Greece’s general consul in the city of Gjirokaster, Lambros KaKIsis. Specifically, some 14,000 masks, 10,000 latex gloves and 600 containers of anti-septic liquid will…

The Metropolitan of Sweden and All Scandinavia, His Eminence Cleopas, this week issued an encyclical regarding measures to avoid exposure to the Covid-19 virus. His Eminence noted that Church services will continue in cathedrals, but without worshipers, and with only the presence of the parish priest, at most two cantors and a deacon or sexton….

  The head of the bioethics and hi-tech research center within the Moscow Theological Academy, Fr. Vladimir Ducovic, this week wrote that violating restrictive measures imposed to contain the coronavirus contravenes Christian morality. Fr. Vladimir also emphasized that amid the current situation it is inconceivable to speak of any type of persecution of the Church…

  Today is Renewal Thursday, the fourth day after Holy and Great Easter Sunday, midway through Bright Week. The Church today venerates the memory of George, or Georgios, in the original Greek, the Great Martyr and Triumphant. Georgios, this truly great and glorious Martyr of Christ, was born of a father from Cappadocia and a…

On the night of 19th April 2020, the feast of the Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, at the Church of the ‘Joy of All Who Sorrow’ Icon of the Mother of God in Bolshaya Ordynka Street in Moscow, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk celebrated the Easter divine services – Midnight Office, procession with…

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Χριστὸς Ἀνεστή! Ἀληθῶς Ἀνεστή! Christ is Risen! Truly He is Risen! Among the many details about the resurrection of Christ in the Gospels one fact stands out that is so relevant to our celebration of Pascha this year. In these accounts, those closest to Christ were hiding behind…