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….

Despite the unprecedented challenges caused by the global coronavirus pandemic, Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry (OCPM), an agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA, has maintained its ministerial connection to Orthodox men and women in jails and prisons across the United States. In response to the suspension of in-person visitations, OCPM expanded…

The feast of All Saints in Sydney The memory of All Saints was honoured in the Holy Archdiocese of Australia with due ecclesiastical splendour and devotion. The focus of the services was the celebrating parish in Belmore, Sydney where, on the eve of the feast, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia officiated at the Great…

On Friday, June 12, 2020, an Hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the Chapel of the Archdiocese by His Eminence Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain Nikitas on his first anniversary of his election to the throne of Thyateira.      Source

The spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate said Thursday that ‘the rapid return to the celebration of religious services inside the places of worship (with the implicit observance of the rules of physical distancing and sanitation of the liturgical spaces as established by the competent authorities) is already fully justified and adequate to the current Romanian…

Cetinje, June 12, 2020 Prime Minister Duško Marković decided to speak publicly about the meeting that he, the president of the state and our archbishops: Metropolitan Amfilohije and Bishop Joanikije, held a few days ago. Since the Prime Minister made several claims, we are obliged to comment on the most important ones. First of all,…