The Orthodox world today celebrates the Feast Day of Great Martyr St. George, one of the most prominent commemorations in the ecclesiastical calendar. One of the more unique traditions in Greece related to the specific Feast Day was again celebrated in the village of Lefkakia, in the Nafplio municipality of southeast Greece, where an icon…

The Resurrection of the Lord was celebrated with spiritual exuberance by the Orthodox faithful of the Orthodox Archdiocese of Congo-Brazzaville & Gabon. His Eminence, Archbishop Panteleimon, officiated at a midnight service at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Lord in Brazzaville. The specific Archdioceses is one of the most dynamic Orthodox Metropolises in sub-Saharan…

The Service of the Resurrection was celebrated with millennia-long Byzantine splendor at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos. The service was celebrated in the presence of Mt. Athos governor Constantinos Dimtsas. The Holy Saturday Divine Liturgy, which began at 9 p.m. and concluded in the early…

The miracle of the Holy Light at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem again touched millions of faithful in every corner of the world this year, coming in the afternoon of Holy and Great Saturday, the day before Easter. Touching scenes materialized at the Holiest of Christian sites, with many worshipers weeping at…

  ORTHODOX AUTOCEPHALOUS CHURCH OF ALBANIA EASTER 2019 + Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Dürres and all Albania Hope without limits   “In Hope Rejoicing” we exclaim Christ is Risen! My brethren, the Resurrection offers immeasurable hope. Hope based on the joyful news that the inexorable enemy of man, death, is vanquished. Christ has trampled down…

“Easter, the great celebration of Orthodoxy, a day that symbolises for all the victory of the Light against the darkness, of Justice against injustice, of Love against bigotry…, can be this year a day of certainty for a better future”, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted in his message for Easter. “After many difficult years we…

In what was a world first the Hellenic Presidential Guard who are in South Australia for an official visit from Athens, stood guard in full ceremonial uniform at the Greek Orthodox Good Friday service held in Adelaide. The Evzones attended the afternoon and evening service of Holy Friday at St George Church in Thebarton and…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos expressed his wish for a “true Easter” for all people in a statement to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) for Orthodox Easter Sunday, noting that this meant primarily “an internal resurrection that is for each person individually and at the same time for all people.” Explaining that the…

At the Easter Vigil celebrated Saturday night, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Resurrection of Christ is a feast of forgiveness, recalling that before Christ breathed his last on the Cross He prayed for His enemies, for those who sentenced Him to death and for those who crucified Him. ‘This humble, crucified love became…