On Thursday afternoon, 1 August 2024, the reception of the Holy Relics of the Newly Appeared Martyrs Saints Raphael, Nicholas and Irene of Lesvos, as well as Saint Luke the Doctor, Bishop of Simferopol and Crimea, took place at the female Monastery of Saint Nektarios Bishop of Pentapolis and Saint Phanourios, in Trikorfo, Fokida. The…

Yesterday, Greek Minister of Culture, Ms. Lina Mendoni was briefed on the progress of the conservation efforts at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in the Phanar. The work is being carried out by the European Centre for Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Monuments. This update took place during her working visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. After…

This week, Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Seminary were delighted to welcome back His Eminence Metropolitan Constantine of Denver to the HCHC campus, his first visit since his enthronement as Metropolitan. His Eminence is an MDiv graduate of 1994 and was classmates with President Demetrios S. Katos. His Eminence presided over Vespers on…

The Metropolis of Pittsburgh is elated to host the 2024 YAL (Young Adult League) Conference, their fourth in a row, on October 18-20, 2024 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! This conference is open to Orthodox Christians ages 18-35 of any jurisdiction and from anywhere in country. Their prayer is that this will be a comforting and loving…

St. Porphyrios Monastery in Gaza City, which has served as a shelter for hundreds of citizens since the war began last fall, was hit again by enemy fire. According to the Order of St. George, with reference to sources inside the monastery, three artillery rockets landed on the first floor of the monastery yesterday. Two…

The highly venerated Rublev Trinity Icon has been returned to its historical place on the iconostasis of the Holy Trinity Cathedral at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra outside Moscow. After more than a century away, the Icon returned to the Lavra in time for the feast of Pentecost this year—an historical event for which an…

A convent closed by the Soviet authorities in 1930 has been officially reestablished by decree of the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate. On July 15, the Synodal hierarchs resolved “to open the Iveron-Sts. Peter and Paul Convent in the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kostanay Province of the Kostanay Diocese and appoint Nun Nika…

On the 30th of July 2024, Metropolitan Sergius, Patriarchal Exarch of Southeast Asia, Metropolitan of Singapore and Southeast Asia, visited the newly formed community in honour of the Holy First-Faithful Apostles Peter and Paul in Semarang (Central Java Province, Indonesia), where he celebrated a prayer service. The congregation warmly welcomed the Archpastor. After the service,…

DECR Communication service, 30.07.2024. On 30 July 2024, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation H.E. Vinay Kumar at the Patriarchal Residence in the Danilov Stavropegial Monastery in Moscow. Archpriest Nikolai Lishchenyuk, Deputy Chairman of the Department for…