The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia on Wednesday spoke about the role played by the Theotokos in God’s salvific economy, calling the Blessed Virgin Mary ‘the greatest ambassador of Christians’. Leading the service of the burial of the Theotokos at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on Aug. 14, Bishop Ieronim noted that Virgin Mary…

The Russian Orthodox Church will open a new drug rehabilitation center in Moscow on August 20. The center, located at the Church of the Life-creating Trinity in the Zamoskvorecheye District, will be the first free non-governmental outpatient rehab center in the capital, reports the press service of the Synodal Department for Charity and Social Services….

On Thursday, August 15, 2918, after his pastoral visit at Panagia Paramythia in Mokongolo, His Grace Bishop Silvester made a quick visit to Kanapa Orthodox community about 30km from Mukongoro where he conducted small vespers with the faithful. This community is one of the fastest new and growing Orthodox centers in the region and as…

On Thursday noon, August 2/15, 2019, the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem Most Reverend Souheil Dawani visited the Patriarchate, escorted by a group of the Anglican Church Bishops from various continents and a group of Anglican pilgrims. The exquisite group was warmly received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers. His…

Archbishop Makarios rounded up the second week of his tour around Melbourne, visiting as many churches, Greek schools and organisations as possible while giving the promise of more to come when he returns to the city in October. The main purpose of his visit was to explore the Greek community of Melbourne and examine the…

The life and struggles of St. Nektarios of Aegina, the “saint of our century,” will soon come to life on the big screen, in a new international production entitled “Man of God.” Production company Simeon Entertainment describes the film: “Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without cause, yet his love for God and his fellow…

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The Church today celebrates the Great Feast Day of the Dormotion of the Theotokos, the Ever Virgin Mary, one of the most reverent and venerated ecclesiastical dates on the Orthodox calendar and one of great importance for the Greek Orthodox faithful. Aug. 15 is a national holiday in Greece. The Feast commemorates the repose –…

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis attended the liturgy for the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on the island of Tinos on Thursday, followed by the commemoration of the sinking of “Elli” in 1940 while the battleship was anchored at sea for August 15 celebrations. Following a liturgy at the Church of Evangelistria, a focal point of…