The well-attended and festive annual ceremony welcoming the Holy Flame to Russia has been cancelled this month, according to the news agency RIA Novosti. Instead, only a very low-key ceremony will held with a minimum of participants. At the same time, the Foundation of Saint Andrew the First confirmed that the ceremony of the Holy…

The Feast Day of the Annunciation was celebrated on Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Savior in Moscow, with a con-celebratory Divine Liturgy officiated by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill – given that the Russian Church observes the Julian calendar. The Divine Liturgy was conducted without the presence of worshipers….

The Church today venerates the memory of Celestine, a fifth century Pope of Rome who was renowned for his reverence and orthodoxy.

On Tuesday, March 25/ April 7, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Annunciation of our Most Blessed Lady Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary. On this Feast the Church commemorates the event when Archangel Gabriel was sent by God the Father to announce to the Virgin Mary of Nazareth the good news, that she was…

On 6 April, with a blessing of the acting administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and Canada, Bishop Matthew of Sourozh, the clergy of the St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York drove in a car procession with the cross through all the New York districts carrying an icon of St. Tikhon with…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia expressed condolences to Patriarch Irenaeus of Serbia upon the demise of Bishop Milutin of Valjevo.   To His Holiness Irenaeus, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovcy Patriarch of Serbia   Your Holiness, Dear Brother and Concelebrant in the Lord, On behalf of the Russian Orthodox Church,…

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco has released the following statement regarding Holy Week 2020. Read the full text down below:   Beloved Clergy, Monastics and Laity of the Metropolis of San Francisco, This will be a Holy Week and Pascha like we have never experienced. Rather than gathering in our parishes and participating…

In response to the growing need for resources for parishes and faithful during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco has developed a dedicated page for this information which highlights Worship, Technology, Finance and Ministries. “We are blessed with robust ministries in our Metropolis which have collaborated to compile these resources for our parish…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America led the first in a series of daily prayers for those faithful of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America who have either passed away or are suffering from complications related to the coronavirus COVID19. The service, conducted in the Chapel of Saint Paul at the Archdiocesan Headquarters in New…