On Saturday, May 24/June 6, 2020, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem held the memorial services for the repose of the souls of all the departed ones of the Church, as they are established at the book of Pentecostarion by the Church. In particular, on Friday afternoon, during Vespers, there was a Memorial Service with the full…

According to a new report issued by the Social-Philanthropic Sector of the Patriarchal Administration, the Church has donated over 4.3 million Euros (20,896,872 Romanian Lei) to the socially vulnerable and the medical institutions affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. On March 23, the Romanian Patriarchate launched an online platform entitled ajutacubucurie.ro (“help with joy”), and the Toll-Free phone line 0800.800.368….

Response Builds on Expertise to Meet Emotional, Spiritual Needs across the Country   Baltimore, Md. (June 4, 2020) – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) has launched a new initiative under its 20-year-old US program, focusing on supporting communities across the country with IOCC Care Calls for…

A day of prayer for the souls of the dead All Souls’ Day, known as Cherry All Souls’Day, after the fruit popular in this season, falls on the Saturday before Pentecost. On this day Orthodox Christians honour their dead, go to their graves to clean them and pour water and red wine over them and…

June 5, 2020 To all the faithful of the Metropolis of Atlanta: My beloved children in the Lord, I greet you with love in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Like so many of my fellow citizens, and indeed, others around the world, I also join them in expressing the extreme pain…

EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): Metropolitan of Mesogaias Nikolaos has more medical and scientific credentials than most of the doctors we are seeing daily on TV, and at the same time he happens to be one of the greatest Orthodox leaders of our time. This speech was originally published in July 2010 as a response to the swine…

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Podgorica, Montenegro (2 June 2020) – The dialogue between the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Government of Montenegro will continue once the conditions are met, while the ultimate success of that dialogue depends largely on whether both sides will enter into a renewed dialogue sincerely, in good faith, taking into account arguments of the other…

The Church today venerates the Holy Hieromartyr Dorotheus, Bishop of Tyre. A feature is posted today on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.