The association representing Orthodox clerics in Greece on Wednesday issued an announcement expressing its concerns over the situation on the eastern Aegean islands of Lesvos and Hios (Chios). The announcement comes after sharp reactions, including street protests and scattered violence, on the part of local residents against the prospect of more migrant/refugee “hotspots” being…

  Α stern response by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, to a letter dispatched by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, regarding a “fraternal meeting” organized by the latter in Amman, Jordan this week for Primates of the world’s Orthodox Churches. In his reply, His All…

+ BARTHOLOMEW BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE OF THE CHURCH, MAY THE GRACE AND PEACE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, TOGETHER WITH OUR PRAYER, BLESSING AND FORGIVENESS BE WITH YOU ALL *** We offer hymns of thanks to the God of love as…

  In Amman, Jordan, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, welcomed the Primates of the Orthodox Churches of Russia, Serbia and Czech Lands and Slovakia, and representatives of the Orthodox Churches of Romania and Poland, for the Amman Fraternal Familial gathering of Orthodox Primates and Delegates. The gathering has been called to initiate dialogue…

It is with great joy we announce the appointment of the Very Rev. Archimandrite Nikodemos Anagnostopoulos, as the new Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, replacing His Grace Bishop Athanasios of Tropaiou, to whom we express the Archdiocese’s and the Archbishop’s gratitude for his many years of service in this most demanding…

The ‘Feast of the Tavros’ – or Bull Fiesta – which takes place in Lesbos every year was revived on 23 February in the Antipodes. Celebrated with festive cheer by the parish of Agios Charalambos at Waldheim Road in Bayswater, those who attended enjoyed the revival of the original folk custom centring around a bull…

The Holy Monastery of Panagia Kamariani in Red Hill, Victoria, has been burgled for the third time, the perpetrators taking a donation box and precious icon. CCTV footage from the incident, which took place between 12.10 am and 12.30 am on Monday 10 February, appears to show two males involved in the break in at…

To the Most reverend archpastors, honorable clergy, venerable monastics and pious faithful of the Patriarchal Exarchate of South-East Asia My beloved in the Lord! My sincere feelings and pastoral responsibility impel me to address you, my dear ones. The deadly disease is striking more and more people in another trial permitted by God on Earth….

The state leadership called the greatest doctor in China and asked, “Are you the greatest doctor in China?“ To which, the doctor replied: When a patient is on his deathbed and, with great effort and going through borderline situations, I manage to cure his illness. My abilities are known throughout China and beyond the national…