Sessions of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Romania were concluded this week, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel. In a subsequent press release, the Holy Synod announced that it will send a delegation of Romanian Orthodox bishops to Amman, Jordan, in order to participate in a Pan-Orthodox…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week received visiting Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Costas Vlassis in Cairo. The deputy minister, who holds the expatriate Greeks’ portfolio, expressed his praise for His Divine Beatitude and the Patriarchate’s missionary work, referring to a lighthouse of Orthodoxy on the…

Members of Mount Athos’ Holy Administration, the Holy Epistasia, which represents the 20 Orthodox monasteries in the semi-autonomous monastic community, met on Thursday with Greece’s environment and energy minister, Kostis Hatzidakis. Among others, the issue of including the verdant peninsula of Mount Athos in the European Union’s Natura network of environmental protection was discussed. Additionally,…

The Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, was set to meet today with the prime minister of Montenegro, Dusko Markovic, in light of continued peaceful protests and opposition in the small Adriatic country to a recently passed law regarding religious institutions. The Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro has charged that the…

The annual general assembly of Greece’s association of Orthodox clergymen was held in Athens on Thursday, Feb 13, 2020, with developments regarding the payroll regime and the immediate filling of vacant spots dominating addresses by speakers. Clerics arrived from every part of Greece, with the main theme being continued vigilance, within the framework of the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Friday received visiting Greek education and religious affairs minister Niki Kerameos at the Fanar-district Patriarchate. Kerameos was accompanied by the ministry’s general secretary, Georgios Kalantzis. During the meeting, Church hierarchs serving as members of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Holy and Sacred Synod were also in…

On Wednesday evening, January 31/ February 12, 2020, the Head of the Russian MISSIA Archimandrite Alexander celebrated his 60th birthday. First invited among other guests was His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, accompanied by Hagiotaphite Fathers, and He addressed Archimandrite Alexander as follows;  “Dear Archimandrite Alexander, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Dear Fathers, Beloved Monastics, Members…

On Wednesday, January 30/ February 12, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Three Hierarchs, namely Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom, as they are considered the patron Saints of education, at the Church of the Holy Trinity inside the building of the Patriarchal School for Priests. The Church celebrates the…

On the 13th of February 2020, the teacher of Liturgics Mr. Giorgi Metreveli delivered a lecture assigned according to the syllabus to the third year students at the Monastery of Shiomghvime. The topic of the lecture was the “Shiomghvime Typicon – Its History and Comparison with the Contemporary Divine Ministry”. Particularly interesting in the Shiomghvime…