Hundreds of faithful, the hierarchy of the Australian Orthodox church and politicians gathered on Saturday in Sydney to attend the enthronement ceremony for Makarios, the new Archbishop of Australia. The ceremony followed by a liturgy took place at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos. Makarios on Saturday became the sixth Archbishop of…

On Thursday, June 14/27, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of Holy Prophet Elisha at the Church dedicated to him, at the centre of the town of Jericho by the sycamore tree of Zachaeus. The Church honours St. Elisha, son of Saphat from the land of Abelmeholah as a great Prophet, who was called to…

The Romanian community of Central and Western New York was dressed in holiday clothes on June 15 and 16, 2019 when the Romanian church in Rochester / Victor NY, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, celebrated its feast day. The Joy began on the eve of Pentecost, Saturday, June 15, when the young lady Larisa was…

The new staffroom that will allow professors to socialise and prepare their lessons was opened at ‘Patriarch Justinian’ Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest during a blessing service held by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Tuesday. The inauguration took place in the presence of the faculty staff and students. Addressing those present, Patriarch Daniel referred…

On June 27, 2019, with a blessing of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), the Interreligious Working Group for Humanitarian Aid to the Syrian Population under the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations held its 8th meeting at the DECR grand hall. The meeting was…

On June 27-28, 2019, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations (DECR), continued his pilgrimage in the steps of St. Paul. Passing through Drama, Metropolitan Hilarion paid a visit to Metropolitan Pavlos of Drama, saw the Cathedral of the Transfiguration under construction and other churches and church establishments…

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The discovery of a baptismal font during the restoration work of the Church of the Nativity in the biblical city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank will pave the way to learn more about the history of the church, announced on Saturday, June 22, Ziad al-Bandak, head of the Presidential Committee for the Restoration…

  In Kosovo and Metohija, a memorial service for the fallen was held on Thursday in the courtyard of the St. John the Baptist Orthodox Church in the village of Zaton, in the Belo Polje district. The service was attended by the Serbian Orthodox Bishop of BuDI-mlija-Niksic, His Grace Ioannicus.