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12.07.2019 | 15:51
Protest in East Jerusalem by Christian leaders over high court decision regarding property
Local Christian leaders on Thursday protested the sale of properties owned by the Greek Orthodox Church to a Jewish pro-settlement group in the mainly Palestinian areas of East Jerusalem. Israel’s high court gave final approval last month to a long-term lease, signed in 2004, of three buildings located in East Jerusalem’s Old City to…
12.07.2019 | 15:51
Elpidophoros visits Archdiocese’s youth summer camp
The new Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday visited the Orthodox camping ministry of St. Paul, in New York City. In a post on the Archbishop’s official social media accounts, His Eminence noted that “.. My visit to @campsaintpaul today reminded me of my youth. I too attended summer camp. Camp helped…
12.07.2019 | 15:49
Archbishop of Great Britain says clerics’ education, outreach to general public among his priorities
Days before his enthronement as the new Archbishop of Great Britain and Thyateira, His Eminence Nikitas, spoke with the media outlet «Orthodoxos Kosmos», where he cited his priorities for the Archdiocese. Nikitas pointed to continuing education and training for Orthodox clerics as among his foremost priority, as well as better explaining and presenting Orthodoxy…
12.07.2019 | 15:48
Archbishop of Australia Makarios in Perth
Scores of Orthodox faithful, including dozens of children, greeted new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Thursday, upon his arrival at the Perth airport, in western Australia. Members of the Byzantine music choir St. John the Damascene, from Adelaide, who travelled along with the new Archbishop, also greeted him with ecclesiastical chants. The…
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…
