To strengthen the Bulgarian-Greek relations and to continue the good cooperation between the two countries. This became clear after the Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte met with the new Ambassador of the Republic of Greece, Mr. Dimitrios Chronopoulos. They met in Sofia today. The new ambassador thanked for the honor of being received by the Head of…

Many say Father Arsenios Boca is holy, while others say that man was not normal. The same thing happened with Saint Porphyrios, Saint Paisios, and other saints in the past – for example Saint John Chrysostom, Saint Symeon the Stylite or Saint Symeon the New Theologian. In fact, both opinions are true, but an explanation…

  Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis, Archdeacon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and noted theologian and author, visited the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada between November 22 and 24, 2019. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios, Fr. John delivered a special spiritual homily at the Church of St. Nicholas in Toronto titled: A Patriarch of…

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Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II met with representatives of Diplomatic Corps accredited in Georgia. Thirty-six Ambassadors attended the meeting. According to Head of the Patriarchate’s Press Center, Archpriest Andria Jaghmaidze, the situation at occupied territories, illegal abduction of Georgian locals and illegal detention of Doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili by the occupational…

On Friday, November 9/22, 2019, a Doxology took place at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the 14th Election and Enthronement Anniversary of His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos. The Doxology was officiated by H.H.B. with co-celebrants the Hagiotaphite Archbishops and Hieromonks, Arab-speaking Priests, Deacons and Monks of all…

His Beatitude Sawa (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates Sunday his 40th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Sawa is the current head of the autocephalous Church of Poland. He is the eighth hierarch to head the Polish church since it was granted autocephaly by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1924. As…

The Romanian Patriarchate will give away 1,410 copies of the New Testament with Psalms to the Romanian soldiers abroad. The New Testaments will be distributed in the near future through the Religious Assistance Section of the Ministry of National Defence, Fr. Ciprian Ioniţă from the Social-Philanthropic Department of the Patriarchal Administration told the Basilica News…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America from November 17 to 23, 2019 led an Archon Pilgrimage to Constantinople to receive the blessings of
 His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. On their first full day in Constantinople, Sunday, November 18, 2019, the pilgrims visited Zoodochos Peghe Monastery at Balukli, where the Patriarchal graves of past Ecumenical Patriarchs…