On 7 July 2024, the Metropolitan Cathedral “St. Nedelya” in Sofia celebrated its main feast day, dedicated to St. Nedelya the Great Martyr, with great solemnity. On the eve of this significant day for the citizens of Sofia, the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch Daniel was welcomed at the cathedral as the patriarch of the Sofia…

On Saturday evening, 6 July 2024, His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, visited and officiated at the Vespers Service and Artoklasia (Blessing of the Five Loaves) on the occasion of the feast day of the Great Martyr Saint Kyriaki, at the Sacred Spring of Saint Kyriaki in the Kireçburnu District of…

By the grace of God, the visits, by arrangement, to the parishes of the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea by heterodox students, pastors, monks, and lay people to attend courses on the Theology, History, Worship, and Art of the Orthodox Church have continued unabated. The same is the case with invitations from universities, theological schools, and…

The weekend of the Feast of St. Peter and Paul and the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles was celebrated with spiritual joy at St. Paul’s Parish in Incheon City. On Saturday, June 29, Theodore Shin, the fourth child of Spyridon Shin Jae-woo and Christina Shin, was baptized. Congratulations to the new convert, his brother and…

On Thursday 30 May 2024, the Department of Greek Studies of HUFS organized a Rhetoric Contest in which the following seven students participated: Vasilia Yoo Jua: Attractive similarities between Jeju Island and Crete Justinian Choii Junhui: Pilgrimage to Constantinople Dimitra Hur Dagyo: Wrestling: the sport with the Greek spirit Socrates Joonho Lee: Why I love…

His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided at matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the patronal feast of the Twelve Apostles Greek Orthodox Church in Hertfordshire. His Excellency, Dr Kyriakos Kouros, High Commissioner of Cyprus, as well as the local Mayor, Cllr Frank Marsh, graciously attended the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy. His Grace Bishop Iakovos…

The glory of the newly-revealed ecumenical Saint Paisios the Hagiorite has also reached the remote jungles of Africa. There also, many Christians take his saintly name in baptism, read about his life and teachings, and Churches are built in his honour. In 2012, His Eminence Metropolitan Innocentios of Burundi and Rwanda founded the Church of…

On Saturday, 6 July 2024, the Patriarchal Commissioner, His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi, welcomed His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios of Cyprus and a group of faithful from Cyprus to the Phanar. The group had recently completed a pilgrimage to Cappadocia and was now visiting the Churches and Byzantine monuments of Constantinople. The Patriarchal Commissioner…

On Sunday, 7 July 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew prayerfully attended the Divine Liturgy alongside His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios of New Justinian and All Cyprus at the Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi in Baloukli. Immediately afterwards, he warmly welcomed the Archbishop and a group of pilgrims from the Great Island of Cyprus, who had recently…