The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II reminded parishioners the words of the prophet Haggai at today’s liturgy. As his Holiness and Beatitude, Ilia II, said, the prophet Haggai was the last prophet who addressed people –“You build palaces and you cannot manage to build a temple of God.” Ilia II…

Matins and the Divine Liturgy of St. Stephen’s Day was held on Friday morning, December 27, 2019, in the Basilica of the Prophet Elias in Aleppo. The service was presided by His Grace, the Patriarchal Vicar, Bishop Efraim Maalouli, who was assisted by the priests of the Archdiocese. During the Divine Liturgy, the ordination of…

On Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain visited Saint Andrew the Apostle Greek Orthodox Secondary School for the first time since his enthronement. The school issued the following statement regarding the visit of His Eminence: It was an honour to welcome His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas, Archbishop of Thyateira…

Master goldsmith Milen Vodenicharov restored the oldest canopy in the main church at Bachkovo Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos near Asenovgrad. Together with his team he re-gilded it, cleaned the enamel, restored the missing pieces and replacing them with new ones where necessary. The original canopy is almost 4 centuries old – it…

The Bulgarian government has allocated € 1.2 million to Saint George the Zograf Monastery, also known as the Zograf Monastery, one of twenty Eastern Orthodox monasteries on Mount Athos in Greece. The funds are needed to complete the monastery renovation and for the reconstruction of the east wing which is uninhabited and in dire straits….

The monastic settlements on Mount Athos can be separated into the following categories: the twenty monasteries and their dependencies – that is sketes, kellia, kalyves, hermitages and dwellings. The above order reflects, to some extent, the number of the monks who live in the foundation and the austerity of the life there. On the other…

On the 23rd of December, a conference dedicated to the 42nd anniversary of the enthronement of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Tskhum-Apkhazeti was held at Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary. The Rector of Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary, PhD in Theology and Philology, Professor, Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze…

On the 24th of December, His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios presided over Matins and the Divine Liturgy to celebrate the feast of the Nativity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ at St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Dormition, Mt. Pritchard. Assisting His Eminence in the service were parish priest, the Rev. Fr. Isaac Zghaib…

Despite strong protests from the hierarchs, clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the majority religion in the country, the Montenegrin Parliament adopted the anti-Church law “On Freedom of Religion and Belief and the Legal Status of Religious Communities” on December 26. Large crowds of Orthodox faithful took to the streets in several…