His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday celebrated the Divine Liturgy at one of Constantinople’s churches founded by Ruler Prince Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu in 1692. The Church is dedicated to the glorious Virgin-Martyr Saint Paraskevi and has been the spiritual home of Romanians in Istanbul and the surroundings since 2004. This year’s patronal feast was…

A relic of St. Basil the Great, the early Church Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Asia Minor, was conveyed by the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod on Thursday evening to the Cathedral of St. Paraskevi, in the northeast city of Komotini, on the occasion of Friday’s Feast Day. A celebratory Divine Liturgy was held in…

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The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, on Thursday met in Belgrade with the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Irinej, with discussions revolving around cooperation between the state and Church in the country. Irinej also thanked the Serbian president for the state’s support in completing the construction of the St. Sava Cathedral.  

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison received the new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, at his office in Sydney. In greeting the new Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church on behalf of the Australian people, Morrison said “…as I have made known to you by letter, Australia is very lucky to have you as Archbishop…

I was born in Belgrade to Serbian parents. We didn’t go to church. When I set out for a better life to a land of milk and honey I asked God to protect me and guide me on my path. Even though I believed in God I didn’t know who Jesus Christ was, who Panagia…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, will represent the Ecumenical Patriarch at the Great Feast and annual celebration this weekend at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou, in New York City’s Astoria district. Elpidophoros will officiate at Saturday’s Great Hierarchical Vespers, while on Sunday the Great Procession of the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Wednesday visited the eastern Thrace city of Saranta Ekklisiès, which means 40 Churches in Greek, and is known today in Turkish as Kirklareli. The Ecumenical Patriarch, who was accompanied by the Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Silyvria, His Eminence Maximos, was warmly greeted at the municipality’s…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Paraskevi, considered by Orthodoxy as a healer of the blind and those afflicted with related ailments, because of the miracle she performed in restoring the sight of her tormentor, the Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius. Features today are posted on St. Paraskevi’s life, miracles and martyr’s death, all…