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12.07.2019 | 15:45
Feast Day of St. Paisios of Mt. Athos today
The Church today, July 12, commemorates the Feast Day of St. Paisios of Mount Athos. The Venerable Elder Paisios was canonized in 2015 by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Born Arsenios Eznepidis in the township of Pharasa in Cappadocia, in south-central Anatolia, he arrived with his family to the mountainous northwest town…
12.07.2019 | 14:19
Statement of the Ecumenical Patriarch on the death of six of men from the catastrophic weather phenomenon in northern Greece
On the occasion of the death of 6 of our fellow men and the injury of many others, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew made the following statement: “In this shocking moment for the inhabitants of Halkidiki and northern Greece in general, the Mother Church of Constantinople is spiritually and prayerfully attached to the families of the…
12.07.2019 | 14:16
EXCLUSIVE Interview with Archbishop Nikitas: “The only real hope and solution is Christ.”
How did you feel when you were informed that the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected you to be the next Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain? I was called in the middle of the night and was told that I was elected Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain. At first, I…
12.07.2019 | 13:24
PATRIARCH KIRILL CONSECRATES NEW CHURCH OF ST. SERAPHIM OF SAROV AT VALAAM MONASTERY (+ VIDEO)
One of the Russian Church’s most important monasteries has been further sanctified with the prayerful intercession of one of the Russian Church’s most beloved saints. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church recently met at Holy Transfiguration Monastery on Valaam, and as part of his visit, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill celebrated the rite of…
12.07.2019 | 11:10
JERUSALEM CHURCHES UNITED TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE CITY’S CHRISTIAN QUARTER AND TO MAINTAIN THE “PILGRIM ROUTE” OPEN FOR ALL
Today His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III was joined by Jerusalem’s Patriarchs and Heads of Churches for a vigil and a prayer that was held at the old city’s Jaffa Gate to raise awareness about the dangers of having radical groups compromising the integrity and character of Jerusalem’s Christian Quarter…
11.07.2019 | 16:39
Inaugural baptism at under-construction Orthodox Cathedral in Warsaw
The first baptism was held at the under-construction Orthodox Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom in the Polish capital, with the sacrament conducted by the Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland, His Beatitude Sawa. The baptized infant is the child of the chief architect of the cathedral’s construction, a fact joyously cited by…
11.07.2019 | 16:37
Serbian hierarch against warns against persecution of remaining Christians in Kosovo
The Serbian Orthodox bishop of Budimlija-Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus, again referred to the dire situation for Christians in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as recent developments in Montenegro, which the Serbian Patriarchate charges are a thinly veiled attempt to appropriate Church property. The Serbian bishop warned that Albanian authorities in Kosovo are planning to…
11.07.2019 | 16:32
Russian Orthodox bishop presents book ‘Hospital Chaplain’
Russian Orthodox bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevо, His Grace Panteleimon, the chairman for the synodal department for Church charity, officiated at a blessing ceremony at a children’s hospital in the Russian capital. Afterwards, Panteleimon presented his book, entitled the “Hospital Chaplain”, to the clinic’s physicians and staff. In a brief address, he said that “… the…
11.07.2019 | 16:31
Holy Relic of St. Euphemia venerated at Patriarchal Church of St. George
A Holy Relic of St. Euphemia, known as the All-praised by the Orthodox Church, has been placed in the middle of the Ecumenical Patriarchal Church of St. George, for veneration by the faithful. Orthodoxy commemorates her miracle at the 5th Century Council of Chalcedon on July 11. The Ecumenical Patriarch on Wednesday presided at…
