he St. Panteleimon’s Monastery (Greek: Άγιος Παντελεήμων, Agios Panteleimon; Russian: Ρωσικό, Rossikon)) is one of the twenty monasteries located on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northeastern Greece. The monastery is on southwestern side of the peninsula. St. Panteleimon’s has been inhabited for the past one-hundred-plus years by monks of Russian origin and is referred…

The Secretary of Commerce of the USA, Wilbur Ross, visited the see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar today, Sunday, September 8, 2019, and was welcomed with the honors set forth in the Patriarchal Protocol. Secretary Ross was accompanied by his wife and the new US Ambassador to Ankara, David Satterfield, as well as…

His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America celebrated on 5 September 2019, on the feast day of Holy Martyr Irenaeus of Lyon, the name day in the church of Saint Elephterios in New York City. His Grace Bishop Irinej officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy with the concelebration of the clergy of the Diocese of Eastern…

Even though Christians can fast and pray, they can bear all kinds of evil in their hearts, which can only be avoided thanks to the fear of God, the UOC hierarch said. The modern world like the Titanic is plunged into abysses of filth, and only the Church and the family remain the last outpost…

His Grace Bishop Milutin of Valjevo consecrated a newly-built monastic residence in the Celije monastery belonging to a new church dedicated to Saint Sava, Saint Justin The Martyr and Saint Mary the Egyptian with the concelebration of the diocesan clergy and monks, as well as with prayerful presence of abbess of Celije Mother Glikerija and…

The General Assembly of the Archdiocese of Russian Churches in Western Europe, formerly an Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, convened in Paris today under the chairmanship of Archdiocesan hierarch His Eminence Archbishop John of Chariopoulis. As previously reported, the clerical and lay delegates gathered to vote on the future of the Archdiocese, and the…

“We are Greeks because we got educated in Greece,” says Jonah (Lwanga), the Metropolitan of Kampala and All Uganda, the spiritual leader of more than 100.000 Ugandans who are Greek Orthodox Christians. Speaking to the Greek Reporter‘sAnastasios Papapostolou, he proudly says that his Church in Central Africa, under the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria, is…

Today, when the Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of the Mother of God in “St. Alexander Nevsky” Cathedral, was served Holy Liturgy by His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Melnik. Together with Bishop Gerasim were a priest Kostadin Gavrilov, priest Anthony Milushev and Deacon Alexander Neshev. Priest Anthony Milushev delivered a sermon on the meaning…

On August 25/September 7, 2019, at the Horrendous Golgotha, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated along with the 40th day memorial service for the repose of the soul of memorable Archimandrite Gerasimos, Hegoumen and renovator of the Holy Monastery of Sarantarion Mount, sponsor and renovator of the Holy Monastery of St. John the Forerunner by the…