Today is the Wednesday of Holy and Great Easter Week. The day’s liturgy commemorates two women, whom the more discerning interpreters of the Gospel say anointed the Lord with myrrh — the first, quite some time before His Passion; the other, a few days before. According to the Scriptures, one was a harlot and sinner;…

The album of songs dedicated to the great Athonite ascetic Saint Iosif the Hesychast is entitled ‘Great Hours’, in commemoration of the enduring spiritual support he has given to the world.  pemptousia.com

“He who closes his ear to the cry of the weak will himself cry out and will not be heard.” (Proverbs 21,13) Over the past few weeks we have all been facing an increasingly challenging time: the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has caused death and suffering to many Europeans and has brought our society to a previously…

In this year’s pastoral encyclical for Holy Pascha, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel highlights the mystery of Christ’s Resurrection noting that the faith in the resurrection ‘helps us not to lose our hope in the face of life’s hardships.’ ‘Let us ask more insistently for the help of the crucified and risen Christ, Who knows our…

On April 14, 2020, Holy Tuesday, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon spoke by phone from his residence at the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk with His All-Holiness, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. His Beatitude extended greetings to His All-Holiness for a blessed continuation of Holy Week, and a joyful and spiritually fulfilling Great and Holy…

Watch the broadcast of the Service of Matins of Great Thursday and the Sacrament of Unction from the Annunciation Church, Piraeus, Greece:   

Byelorussian President Alexander Lukashenko has said that he will not prohibit Byelorussians to do anything on Easter and will attend the church service. “Those who want will pray and go to church. I will be in church. This is my tradition. I rarely go but I am always in church on Christmas and Easter. I…

I will personally say that the churches will not be closed, especially on Easter night, – Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said at the briefing. In addition, according to him, the law will not be violated either. “I personally hope for the wisdom of our citizens and why? Because enforcing the law and protecting health is…

The fact that the authorities will be watching the Easter liturgy on TV is a wrong statement, because there are people in the government who will come and attend the liturgy in the church, – Metropolitan of Akhalkalaki and Kumurdo, Bishop Nikoloz (Pachuashvili) told reporters. He said the church’s decision on how to hold the…