On Sunday, August 25-26, 2019 four Bishops of the Serbian Patriarchate visited St. Sava Jackson. Bishop Maxim from Los Angeles with his guests Bishop Sergije of Bihać-Petrovac, Bishop Dimitrije of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral, and Bishop David of Stobi (Archdiocese of Ohrid), visited Saint Sava Church in Jackson, California to venerate the relics of…

A great feast day of Most Holy Mother of God was celebrated in ancient shrines in Mrtvica and Korbevcu. On the Eve of the feast day of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, on 27 August 2019, His Grace BIshop Pahomije of Vranje served the Vigil service in the monastery in the…

Cain, where’s your brother? With this began the history of the human race on earth, namely with a brother’s murder. A murder of a brother in your life! A man will be so helpless in the midst of his machines, so poor and frightened! He will applaud his war machines as they once applauded heroes!…

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An exclusive feature is posted today on the web-pages of the Orthodoxia news agency focusing on the annual summer religious feast celebrated in the village of Vroukountas, in the interior of Karpathos island. Father Yannis Diakogeorgiou offers a guided tour of the customs, rites and traditions of the spectacular region.       

The Russian Orthodox Church on Thursday will open another family shelter in the Russian capital. The Moscow Patriarchate has unveiled an extensive social support program, which aims to operate shelters for children facing serious illnesses, along with their parents or guardians, in practically every region of the world’s largest country.  

The newly enthroned Archbishop of Thyateira & Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, paid his first visit as Archbishop to the Patriarchal Monastery of St. John the Baptist, near Maldon, Essex. Acting under the direction of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, Nikitas presided at the enthronement of the Monastery’s new Abbot, Archimandrite…

  Monasteries on the semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community of Mt. Athos today celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Ever Virgin Mary, with celebrations particularly imposing at the Holy Monastery of Iviron, the current holder of Mt. Athos’ rotating administration. The Great Feast Day is also highly significant for the Holy and Great Monastery of…

The body of deceased Metropolitan Ierotheos lay in repose on Wednesday at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, the northeast Aegean island of Limnos. A Divine Liturgy was held in the morning, with a funeral service and interment held later in the afternoon. Hundreds of mourners gathered at the island’s Metropolitan Cathedral to pay their last respects…