Archbishop Demetrios of America is visiting Istanbul on Friday to meet with Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos, in a meeting that could determine his future in office. According to the Archdiocese, Demetrios will inform Vartholomeos about current affairs of the Archdiocese of America. Sources from the Archdiocese told Kathimerini Demetrios will inform the Ecumenical Patriarch about an…

After leading the sanctification of the Holy Chrism on Maundy Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about its meaning and use in the Orthodox Church, noting that the Holy Chrism is ‘the foundation and the source of the sanctification of Church life’. On Thursday, April 25, 2019, the Patriarch of Romania together with other hierarchs…

A newly erected statue of ancient Greek warrior-king Alexander the Great in central Athens was vandalized by unknown individuals, possibly on Tuesday night, media reported. The vandals painted slogans on the pedestal of the statue, which stands on the corner of Amalias and Vassilissis Olgas avenues, denouncing the ancient warrior king as a killer. The…

Registration is now open for an Iconography Workshop hosted by the Monks and Nuns of New Skete September 24-28, 2019. Instruction will be given by the well known iconographer, Philip Davydov, of Sacred Murals Studio in Saint Petersburg, Russia. This year’s model will be the icon of the Angel with Golden Hair. Students will be…

On Tuesday, April 17/30, 2019, the Heads of the Christian Doctrines visited us at the Patriarchate, first the Franciscan Brotherhood – Custody of the Holy Land, then all other Churches and Communities, the Latin Patriarchate, the Eastern Churches, Syrians, Copts, Ethiopians, Protestants, Lutherans and others. His Beatitude addressed the Custody of the Franciscan Brotherhood as…

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A video is posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency showing Hawaii’s Myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon, which began excreting myrrh in 2007, when it was found in the library of an Orthodox Christian couple living in the Pacific island. The icon, depicting the Panaghia, or Virgin Mary, has been declared miraculous by the…

In Damascus, the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, this week received the minister for presidential affairs, Mansour Azzam, who represented Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The meeting came on the occasion of last weekend’s Holy Easter celebration, with talks subsequently revolving on the situation in the war-ravaged Mideast country, and…

In extreme northern Greece, the Metropolitan of Dryinoupolis Pogoniani and Konitsa, His Eminence Andreas, this week referred to the recent negative developments in the Himara district, a coastal region in south-central Albania that hosts an ancient and vibrant ethnic Greek community. Among others, the Greek Orthodox Metropolitan called on the government in Athens and political…