The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, officiated at a celebratory Divine Liturgy on Sunday afternoon commemorating today’s Feast Day of St. Catherine, the Great Martyr of Alexandria. The celebratory service came a day before the Patriarch of Alexandria turns 65.   Photos: ekalexandria.org

The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, this week called for “…ecclesiastical polarisation”, as he said, to be overcome – while directly referring to the ” Ukrainian ecclesiastical problem”. His statement was included in a detailed letter addressed to the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, and other Primates…

A vote by Greece’s Parliament plenum took place today over constitutional revision proposals, a two-step process that began with the previous Parliament plenum and winds up today. The previous government, in power until early July 2019, had proposed that the Greek state be fully neutral towards religion, while also advocating the abolition of the religious…

Struggle with all your power to gain Paradise. And do not listen to those who say that everyone will be saved. This is trap of Satan so that we would not struggle. The devil does not hunt after those who are lost; he hunts after those who are aware, those who are close to God….

To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the reverend priests and deacons, the monks and nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the Hellenic Organizations, and the entire Greek Orthodox family in…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Saturday attended the enthronement of new Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeias (Egialias), His Eminence Ieronymos, and later spoke at a reception for the Church hierarch, saying, among others, that he admired for the former Metropolitan, His Eminence Amvrosios, who opted to resign. In a high-profile…

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  The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, in a sermon, this week referred to the manner in which the faithful can resist consumerism, a phenomenon that is particularly acute during the Christmas holiday. The Romanian Patriarch called on the faithful to attend Church services and devote more time to prayer, and the study…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, on Thursday officiated at the Feast Day of the Archangels, which the Serbian Church celebrates based on the Julian calendar, at the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel in Belgrade – one of the most important places of worship in Serbia.