The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, continued his tour of sub-Saharan Africa this week. His Divine Beatitude arrived in the large southeast African nation of Mozambique on Tuesday, where he toured areas devastated by a cyclone last year. The Patriarch of Alexandria was accompanied by the Bishop…

The Church today venerates the memory of Philothei, the Righteous Martyr of Athens. St. Philothei was born in Ottoman-occupied Athens in 1522, to an illustrious and pious family. After becoming a widow at a very young age, Philothei took up monastic life and founded a convent, offering shelter to women enslaved and abused by the…

A complete guide on how to resist the devil, especially if you are under demonic attacks and there is a danger of demonization is outlined below. We must be always aware of this danger and must take the precautionary measures, especially if we have grave sins or we are targets of concentrated demonic attacks because…

  The Serbian Patriarch, His Holiness Irinej, on Monday received His Eminence, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade. Metropolitan Hilarion is also the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. Discussions touched on the overall situation in Orthodoxy today, as well as the very timely issue regarding what…

  The Metropolitan of France, His Eminence Emmanuel, arrived on the monastic community of Mount Athos in northern Greece over the weekend, and specifically at the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos. With the acquiescence of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His Eminence was welcomed by the Elder Archimandrite Alexios, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos,…

  The Orthodox Church of Georgia this week announced a closely watched decision not to participate in a Pan-Orthodox meeting being organized in Amman, Jordan later this month by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III. In a statement, the Patriarchate of Georgia said the reason that it cannot participate with a…

  A Greek ministry participated with its own pavilion at an international tourism exhibition this week in Sofia, with the aim being to promote and showcase religious tourism and pilgrimages to northern Greece. Macedonia-Thrace Minister Theodoros Karaoglou represented Athens at the exhibition, where he met with local reporters and tourism sector executives. He noted that…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, celebrated his name day in the far-off southern Africa country of Malawi, and surrounded by the children of the Orthodox parish of St. Catherine, or St. Ekaterini in Greek. The parish is located in one of the most destitute and polluted sites…

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