Metropolitan Athanasios “separates his position in commemorating the name of Epiphany” and recognizes only His Beatitude Onuphry as head of the Church in Ukraine. The commemoration of the name of the head of the OCU Epiphany, made by the Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria in Cyprus on November 12, 2019, does not express the opinion of…

With great joy, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia participated at the 60th anniversary dinner of the Cretan Association of Sydney and NSW. The event took place on Saturday, November 16, in the parish hall of Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene, at the suburb of Liverpool.     — Source: greekorthodox.org.au

Lakkoskiti (Romanian: Schitul Lacu) is the short form name of a small “monastic village” consisting the idiorrhythmic “skete of Aghiou Dimitriou tou Lakkou”. Sited at the north foothills of Mount Athos, in Greece, in a valley crossed by Morfonou River and surrounded by a wonderful forest of chestnut trees, it is inhabited by Romanian monks….

The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, spoke by phone on Friday with the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, His Beatitude Epiphanius, with reports stating that the latter hierarch again thanked the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa for his prayers and brotherly support towards the…

On Saturday, November 16, 2019, Bishop Sevastianos invited clergy and lay leaders from the Coastal Conference to meet at Holy Trinity Church in Columbia, Georgia to implement Metropolis goals and establish a conference calendar. His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios has asked His Grace to establish and build up our Metropolis’ seven regional conferences. Thanks to all…

Participants of the 2nd Summit of World Religious Leaders in Baku, Azerbaijan, were introduced to the welcoming speech of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. In his speech, Patriarch of Georgia focused on the issue of Davit Gareji, a rock-hewn Georgian Orthodox monastery complex. Patriarch underlined that the spirit of tolerance…

On 14 November 2019, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated a prayer service at the remains of the chapel of St. Bartholomew in the capital of Azerbaijan. Church tradition holds that St. Bartholomew, one of Christ’s twelve apostles, suffered and died for the Saviour here. A Christian church was built on…

On 14th November 2019, while in Baku, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia visited the Cathedral of the Holy Myrrhbearing Women. The Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church performed the Lesser Consecration of the cathedral which had undergone a large-scale restoration. Among those praying in the church were Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch received His Excellency Nikos Dendias, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Greece at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 14 November 2019. The audience was attended by Secretary-General of the Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Greece Mr. Temistocle Demiris, Ambassador of the Republic of…