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…

 The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week received the visiting president of Moldava, Igor Dodon, at the Patriarchical seat in Moscow. In his greeting, His All Holiness welcomed the Moldavian head of state by noting that “every time you arrive in the Russian capital, we visit us. This demonstrates…

A video of the welcoming ceremony for the Metropolitan of Krinis and Kalamarias, His Eminence Ioustinos, to the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Saturday is available on the Orthodoxia News Agency’s web pages. His Eminence Ioustinos attended a wake and the Divine Liturgy for the Great Feast of the Evangelismos (Annunciation), based on…

The Orthodoxia News Agency’s web pages and the online magazine pemptousia.gr feature a new and very timely address by Archmandrite Elder Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos. The address coincides with the presentation of a new edition by the Holy and Great…

The Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church held its first session this year at the Kiev Caves Lavra today under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, making several important decisions, including adding several feast days to the Church’s liturgical calendar, reports the Church’s website. The hierarchs discussed the…