On August 31st, when the Orthodox Church celebrates the memory of St. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, His Eminence Metropolitan Cyprian of Stara Zagora celebrates his name day. On the occasion of the feast in Stara Zagora attended metropolitan Nicholas of Plovdiv, Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe, His Grace Bishop Sioniii of Velich, His…

Archbishop Makarios, the newly-enthroned Greek-Orthodox Archbishop of Australia, arrived in Adelaide on Saturday for his first pastoral visit to city since his enthronement in June. A huge crowd welcomed Makarios at Adelaide Airport where he was greeted by Bishop Nikandros of Dorylaeon, local politicians, students and community leaders. Later Makarios conducted a service at the…

The Uganda Orthodox Church Mothers’ Union Annual General Meeting has been convened on Saturday, August 31, 2019 at St. Nicholas Spiritual Center Namungoona. His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga has attended this annual event and has commended the mothers for their efforts in strengthening the Church through empowering the mothers in spiritual, social and economic aspects….

His Eminence Metropolitan Serafim Kykotis writes: This Sunday has been consecrated by the Orthodox Church to be dedicated to the environment (proposed by the late Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios thirty years ago in 1989). What people have not managed to destroy for thousands of years, the generations of the past two hundred years have managed to….

“Let brotherly love continue” -Hebrews 13:1 What happens when you have such a blessed time at camp enjoying each other’s company in play, over meals, and in worshiping God together?  You feel yourself in a true community of believers and you feel yourself truly as part of Christ’s Church.  And you want to let that…

After the contrite fasting period of the Dormition, the Feast was celebrated in ecclesiastical brilliance in the Emirate of Qatar. On Tuesday evening, August 14/27, 2018, there was a six-hour Vigil, with Great Vespers and the Blessing of Bread, Matins, and the Lamentations of Theotokos according to the order of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, followed…

On Thursday morning, August 16/29, 2019, a 45-member group of doctors from Thessalonica, led by the Lung specialist Professor of Theageneio Hospital Mrs. Theodora Tsiouda, visited the Patriarchate. This exquisite group was received by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos and Hagiotaphite Fathers. Speaking to the group members on the importance of the…

In 1993, the then Diocese of Toronto (and now Archdiocese of Canada) purchased two large estates and founded the Monasteries of Patrokosmas (after Saint Kosmas of Aetolia) and Parigoritissa (after the Virgin Mary of Consolation). The Patrokosmas Monastery is located just outside of Toronto, in a beautiful area of fifty acres. The monastery is comprised…

The Holy Dormition Pskov Caves Monastery joyously celebrated its patronal feast on Wednesday, and the joy of the feast of the Mother of God was amplified by the concelebration of hierarchs from the fraternal Russian and Serbian Churches—common children of the Mother of God in the Body of her Son. The Divine Liturgy for the…