The visiting Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, presided at a celebratory Vespers in veneration of St. Phanourios, at the historic Cathedral of St. Savvas, in the old quarter of Nicosia, on Cyprus The Cathedral is also the Patriarchate of Alexandria’s seat in the eastern Mediterranean island.

Members of the Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod convened for a second straight day on Tuesday. According to reports, the written opinions of the chairmen of two synodical committees, tasked with reviewing the issue of the Tomos of Autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, may be submitted. Reports point to a positive recommendation towards…

 The funeral and interment of reposed Metropolitan of Limnos and Aghios Efstratios Ierotheos will take place on Wednesday on the island of Limnos, with a funeral service to be held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the northeast Aegean isle’s capital.

 The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, was received on Tuesday afternoon by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximos Mansion government house in central Athens. According to reports, and as expected, Church-state relations dominated the talks, and especially issues considered as imperative by the Church’s hierarchs. Among others, it was…

 The Church today venerates the memory of St. Phanourios the Great Martyr, who lived during the latter part of the Roman Empire and was known to have preached against idolatry. A miracle-working icon of the saint was found on Rhodes, shortly after the island was conquered by the Ottomans in the 16th century, showing 12…

The Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia celebrates on Tuesday its 21st anniversary since the bestowing of autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch in 1998. The history of this Church dates back to the 9th century legacy of Sts Cyril and Methodius, the enlighteners of the Slavs. Its modern history started after World War…

In recent weeks, our planet has witnessed extreme heatwaves and expansive wildfires throughout the world—from the rain forests of the Amazon and desert regions of Africa, normally snow-covered regions such as the Arctic and Alaska to far away countries from Spain to Siberia. Month after month, we have experienced record temperatures and unprecedented heatwaves, resulting…

The feast of the Tenderness or Sweet-Kissing icon of the Mother of God at Valaam Monastery will be celebrated every year in Finland on January 11, one day after the feast of Saint Antipas of Calapodesti, who brought the icon to the monastery in 1865. The new feast day was established following the decision of…

Well-known shipowner and philanthropist Athanasios Martinos has been selected by the Mitsotakis government as the next civil governor of the semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community of Mt. Athos. The choice of Martinos was, reportedly, viewed in a positive light by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, as well as the Orthodox Patriarchs…