The first reaction by the Moscow Patriarchate to Friday’s liturgical commemoration of the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, His Beatitude Epiphanius, by the Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, came hours later by Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, the deputy chairman of Russian Church’s synodal department of external Church celations…
The fourth national conference on religious tourism and pilgrimage commenced on Friday in the northwest Greek city of Arta, in the wake of a recent “travel advisory” by the Moscow Patriarchate informing the Russian Orthodox faithful which Holy Metropolises in Greece have the blessing of the Russian Patriarch for such a pilgrimage. The conference also…
The funeral service for the reposed Elder Metropolitan of Peristeri, Chrysostomos, will be officiated on Saturday by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos. The Elder Metropolitan passed away on Thursday at the age of 84. Chrysostomos stepped down from the Metropolis’ throne last March, citing health reasons.
A symposium was held on Thursday in Bucharest at the Romanian Academy on the subject of the October 1989 fall of the Berlin wall and the Christmas revolution that toppled the communist regime two months later in Romania. A message by the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, was read out at the…
Collections gathered in Russian Orthodox parishes around the vast country, with the blessing and urging of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, will finance the opening and operation of four new shelters for pregnant women and new mothers. The shelters are expected to open this month. The aim of the…
The Feast Day of the Archangels was celebrated with particular splendor on the small Dodecanese island of Symi, with hundreds of faithful on hand for a procession of the outsized and silver-laden wonder-working icon of the Great Herald Archangel Michael, leading to the courtyard and Cathedral of the Archangel Michael of Panormitis Monastery. Symi…
The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Friday has, according to confirmed reports, commemorated the name of the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine, His Beatitude Epiphanius, the Primate of the autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The commemoration came during a celebratory Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Archangels…
The Church today venerates the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, along with the other five Archangels and the Bodiless Powers.
On Wednesday, 6 November 2019, His Excellency Harry Theoharis, Minister of Tourism of the Hellenic Republic, visited the Offices of the Archdiocese and had a meeting with His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas. thyateira.org.uk