The “miracle snakes” of Panagia appeared once again in the village of Markopoulo on the island of Kefalonia in Greece, just days before the Feast of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on August 15th. According to the news website Kefaloniapress, the first snake appeared on Monday night, on the eve of the feast of…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed American Jewish Committee CEO Mr. David Harris together with Rabbi Noam E. Marans, Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations for an official visit at the Archdiocese. The Archbishop thanked the AJC for their deep and longstanding bond with the Archdiocese and their unwavering support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The AJC…

On Thursday, July 26/ August 8, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Righteous Martyr Paraskeve at the chapel of the Holy Monastery of St. Basil, where the icon of the Saint is being kept. The Saint confessed Christ in Rome, was tortured and beheaded during the reign of Emperor Anthony in the…

The commemoration of the Dormition of St. Anna was celebrated by the Patriarchate, at her Holy Monastery by St. Stephen’s Gate inside the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem, on Wednesday July 25/ August 7, 2019. On this feast the Church while honouring the Dormition of St. Anna, commemorates also her life, which was…

On 7th August 2019, Metropolitan Pavel of Khanty-Mansiysk and Surgut, acting administrator of the diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam of the Patriarchal Exarchate of Southeast Asia, arrived in Manila. Meeting Metropolitan Pavel at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport were Metropolitan Sergy of Singapore and Southeast Asia, Patriarchal Exarch for Southeast Asia; Ms. Tatyana Shlychkova, Minister…

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The most significant events of the Great Patriotic War, as WWII is known in the country, will be depicted on the exterior of an Orthodox Cathedral dedicated to the armed forces. The cathedral is expected to be completed in 2020 in a clearing overlooking a highway on the grounds of the Patriot Park, located some…

The impressive procession of the icon of St. Emilian by sea to a coastal site named in honor of the saint, was again held this year on the eastern Aegean island of Hios. Numerous inflatable craft accompanied the boat carrying the icon.  

The new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, visited the St John’s Greek Orthodox College in Melbourne this week, part of his continuing tour of Orthodox communities, Churches and institutions in the vast island continent. After a very warm welcome by the pupils and teachers at the school, which offers classes from preschool to the…