The Feast of the Holy Pentecost, which is celebrated each year on the 50th day after Great and Holy Easter, was observed with a celebratory Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the main Orthodox Cathedral serving the ethnic Greek community of Cairo, Egypt, St. Nicholas. The Metropolitan of Memphis, His Eminence Nikodimos, presided at the Divine…

The prime minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, will reportedly attend the enthronement of new Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, according to exclusive information learned by the Orthodoxia news agency. The same reports, in fact, note that the Australian leader has requested that he make a brief welcoming statement for the new Archbishop. Beyond his…

A religious holiday is observed today throughout Greece, as the Monday of the Holy Spirit, also known as Whit Monday in English – or Pentecost Monday – marks one of the major Feast Days on the Orthodox calendar. The moveable after-feast is observed on the Monday after Pentecost Sunday. Orthodoxy honors God the Holy Spirit,…

Today is Monday of the Holy Spirit, Agios Pnevmatos, and a national holiday in Greece, which is the day following Pentecost, fifty days after Greek Orthodox Easter. In Greek Orthodox churches it is a three-day religious celebration, with lots of festivities, as it is a joyous occasion and also referred to by many as the…

On Sunday, 16th June 2019, on the Feast of the Pentecost, the First Hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau, assisted by the Cathedral Dean archpriest Vadim Cheibas, and the clergy of the holy shrine. The Feast of the Pentecost is…

On Thursday, 13 June 2019, Bishop Petru of Ungheni and Nisporeni presided the session of the Commission for the Beatification of Saints of Moldova. The members of the Commission were called to discuss the cases of Hieroschimonk Vikenty and his mother Glikeria, who were bestially murdered during the communist persecutions of Christians. Hieromonk Vikenty refused…

It is necessary to stigmatize sexual relations before marriage. We need to explain to young men that it is not normal to marry a woman who has already been used by dozens of men, and that only a fool would marry a harlot. Yes, this will hurt many very deeply. The vast majority of our…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate believes that given a large number of hierarchs and priests, it is impossible to know who is who. The head of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Public Relations Office said that Metropolitan Emmanuel did not know that the priest from the unrecognized “Montenegrin Church” participated in the liturgy in Kiev. This is reported by…

On Pentecost Sunday on June 3/16, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to the Holy Disciples and Apostles. According to the book of Acts of the Apostles (ch.2), the All-holy Spirit came down to the Holy Apostles, who were gathered at the Upper Room on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection,…