The Orthodoxia news agency’s website this week continues to host feature, in Greek, on the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II. The Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in Africa recounts the milestones of his missionary work and pastoral life on the continent, as well as his childhood on…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, will attend this month’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland — the third time the Primate of Orthodoxy’s Mother Church will attend the forum — a venue bringing together international leaders, corporate executives, noted scientists and journalists from around the world. This year’s participants…

  A synaxis – or assembly – of parish councilors, mayors and community secretaries representing cathedrals and cemeteries in the Turkish-occupied area of Mesaoria, on Cyprus, was held on Sunday at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in the island republic’s free areas. Participants at the 6th such assembly focused on efforts to maintain…

  The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, over the weekend hosted a reception in honor of Greece’s visiting deputy foreign minister, Constantinos Vlasis. The Greek minister, who holds the expatriate and Diaspora portfolio, also referred to his government’s goal to create conditions back in Greece that will facilitate the repatriation of…

  The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi of Mt. Athos on Sunday observed the Epiphany, based on the Julian calendar. The Great Blessing of the Waters ceremony, with the tossing of the True Cross into the waters, was held at the Holy Monastery’s small harbor, where several pilgrims ignored the winter weather to dive…

  The Pskov-Caves Monastery in northwest Russia has inaugurated a new indoor gymnasium, which follows the opening of a model playground and outdoor sports courts for the area’s youth. The new venue features basketball courts, a shooting range, a gymnastics arena and ping pong tables.     

  The historic Cathedral of St. Athanasius at the Arbanasi site, in the Veliko Tarnovo municipality, has reopened after 70 years. The Cathedral was built in 1667, with many of the ecclesiastical frescoes adorning its walls attributed to a Greek hagiographer. Arbanasi is a traditional settlement with numerous monuments and medieval Orthodox chapels.

The Church today venerates the memory of Righteous Euthymius the Great. The saint, who hailed from Melitene in Armenia, was the son of pious parents Paul and Dionysia. He was born in roughly 377. As his mother was childless and considered barren, he was named Euthymius – which means “good cheer” or “joy” in Greek…

  On January 19, the holy feast of Theophany, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great and the rite of the great blessing of the waters at the Theophany Cathedral in Moscow. The Patriarch was concelebrated by a number of Russian hierarchs and clergy…