On the 4th Sunday of Great Lent, March 25/April 7, 2019, the Feast of the Adoration of the Precious and Life-giving Cross was celebrated in transference at the Holy Monastery of the Holy Cross, which is located in West Jerusalem, near the Hebrew Parliament – Knesset. The Feat of the Adoration of the Precious and…
Meeting in Athens yesterday under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens, the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church approved the provision of financial aid to families who suffered in the wildfires that swept through Attica last summer. The series of fires were the second deadliest wildfire event in the 21st century,…
Thousands of believers are expected to take part in the traditional Palm Sunday Procession across the streets of Bucharest that will take place on the eve of the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, April 20, 2019. It has become an annual tradition for Romanian hierarchs, clergy, monastics and believers to carry…
The Piraeus Archdiocese’s radio station will broadcast a new program every Sunday at 1 p.m. (11.00 GMT), immediately after the program by the Metropolitan of Piraeus, and featuring the spiritual addresses of Archimandrite Elder Ephaim, the Superior Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The title of the new radio program is “Lessons…
Today is the celebration of love and each of us must bring joy to their loved ones, – Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II stated after the festival liturgy at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. Ilia II congratulated the believers on Annunciation Day and spoke about the significance of this…
The Georgian Orthodox Church is celebrating Holy Annunciation Day (Khareba) on April 7. The Annunciation holiday depicts the primary annunciation that was made by Archangel Gabriel to Virgin Mary about the birth of Jesus Christ. According to the Christian faith, while Virgin Mary was reading the Bible, Archangel Gabriel appeared and told her she would…
The visiting Archbishop of the Holy Archdiocese of Brazzaville and Gabon, His Eminence Panteleimon, on Friday visited the Sts. Constantine and Helen Orthodox Cathedral in the Ano Liosia district of west Athens. His Eminence co-celebrated the Divine Liturgy and then spoke to parishioners about the difficult missionary task assumed by his west Africa Metropolis. The…
A session of the Autocephalous Polish Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod this past week touched on the issue of the granting of the Tomos of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, where a statement noted the “Polish Church is cooperating with all other local churches to normalize ecclesiastical life in the Ukraine.”
An all-night vigil for the Great Feast of the Evangelismos of the Theotokos (Annunciation) was held at the Holy and Great Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos from Saturday afternoon (April 6, 2019) until Sunday morning at 11 a.m. (09.00 GMT). The celebration of the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary, that…