The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, has conveyed a letter to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the worrying situation faced by the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, in light of a controversial law passed this month by the government in the small Adriatic country. The Orthodox Church in Montenegro, which is under the…

Hellenism in Australia today celebrates the feast day of Macarius the Great of Egypt, which also marks the name day of the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, as numerous Greek Orthodox faithful on the island continent extended their best wishes to the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in the country. The Cretan-born Archbishop…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, again officiated at a Great Blessing of the Waters ceremony on Sunday in the southeastern Marmara Sea town of Trigleia – known in Turkish as Tirilye – on the occasion of the Feast Day of the Epiphany, as celebrated with the Julian calendar. Based on…

Orthodox Christians in Georgia and across the world are celebrating Epiphany today, January 19, during which the Georgian Orthodox Church holds a mass baptism and conducts water blessing rituals. Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II is holding a festive liturgy at Holy Trinity Cathedral. After the liturgy, a water blessing ceremony…

The baptism of Saint John had not remission of sins, but only brought men to penitence. He preached therefore the baptism of repentance, that is, he preached that to which the baptism of penitence led, namely, remission of sins, that they who in penitence received Christ, might receive Him to the remission of their sins….

First of all, if you want to come to Mount Athos and become a monk, you must be sure that you are free of legal bindings. One of the most common bindings, is of one’s debts in this world, which you must to pay yourself. Another binding is that of marriage. If someone else—for example,…

On January 17, 2020, His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and all the East received priests and waqfs responsibles, forming a delegation from the Antiochian parishes of Iskenderun. The meeting took place in the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand in the presence of the Patriarchal Vicar His Grace Bishop Efraim Maalouli. The accompanying delegation conveyed…

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Peaceful protests continue in Montenegro against a recently passed law that the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country charges is a threat to its properties and relics. Protests occurred in several cities. In the coastal city of Tivat, the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, again underlined that the Church had…