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11.12.2019 | 21:00
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11.12.2019 | 20:46
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco talks about the Falling Asleep in the Lord of Elder Ephraim of Philotheou
Elder Ephraim of Philotheou June 24, 1927 – December 7, 2019 In the late hours of Saturday, December 7, 2019, Elder Ephraim of Philotheou peacefully fell asleep in the Lord at Saint Anthony Monastery in Florence, Arizona at the age of 92. As the founder of 17 monastic communities in the United States, Elder Ephraim…
11.12.2019 | 20:01
Church of Greece statement: Decision to recognize Ukrainian Church autocephaly taken ‘freely, readily’
The Church of Greece on Wednesday dismissed a recent spate of media reports regarding the issue of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which the latter recognized over the recent period, nearly a year after the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted the Tomos of Autocephaly to the latter. In a statement issued after the end…
11.12.2019 | 19:41
Archdiocese of Canada mourns the falling asleep in the Lord of Elder Ephraim
It was with great sadness that His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios, together with all of the Orthodox faithful from across Canada, learned of the falling asleep in the Lord of Elder Ephraim on Saturday, December 7th. Upon learning of the news, the Archbishop conducted a Trisagion service for him. Fr. Ephraim, who was the abbot of…
11.12.2019 | 17:13
Orthodox Church by the side of the quake-stricken in Albania
An initiative by Fr. Panteleimon Sota, a cleric of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, has collected produce and fruit donated by Albanian farmers for the country’s quake-stricken residents. Fr. Panteleimon, the parish priest in the coastal municipality of Divjakë, announced that the foodstuffs were transferred to the Monastery of St. Vlash of Durres,…
11.12.2019 | 17:07
Ecumenical Patriarch attends book presentation
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week attended and spoke at a book presentation of the latest work by author Simeon Soltaridis. The event was attended by several Metropolitans of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, as well as by a representative of Greece’s general consul in the Bosporus metropolis. Ο Παναγιώτατος Οικουμενικός…
11.12.2019 | 16:49
Archbishop of Athens & All Greece receives visiting President of Serbia
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Wednesday received the visiting President of Serbia, Alexander Vucic. The Serbian leader is on an official visit to Greece, and was also received by the country’s leadership. Afterwards, His Beatitude met with Alternate Citizens Protection Minister Giorgos Koumoutsakos. The latter holds the migration…
11.12.2019 | 16:47
Event dedicated to reposed Fr. Matthew of Vatopedi in Athens; compositions of ecclesiastical, or psaltic, chanting
An event featuring ecclesiastical chanting, dedicated to the memory of Matthew of Vatopedi, was held in the central Athens theater of Pallas on Tuesday evening – on the occasion of the 170th anniversary of the Athonite Monk’s repose. Fr. Matthew was a noted codifier and teacher of Byzantine music and ecclesiastical, or psaltic, chanting….
11.12.2019 | 16:46
Funeral service for Elder Ephraim of Arizona today at St. Anthony Orthodox Monastery in Florence, Arizona
More than 4,000 mourners are expected to attend today’s funeral service and interment of Elder Ephraim of Arizona, who reposed in the Lord on Sunday morning at the St. Anthony Orthodox Monastery in Florence, Arizona. The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, will co-officiate at the funeral service in the early afternoon, local time,…
