His Holiness the Serbian Patriarch Irinej celebrated the Holy Archhierarchal Liturgy in the Gomionica Monastery, the Diocese of Banja Luka (photo gallery), on the feast of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George, May 6, 2019. In the prayerful presence of the His Grace Bishop Jefrem of Banja Luka, the Patriarch was concelebrated by Protosyncellos…

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The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, referred to the significant value of good health, as well as to the concepts of charity and love for one’s fellow man. In his sermon, the Romanian Patriarch emphasized that “… Christ can be a source of healing for us … oftentimes, we ignore how great the…

The miraculous icon known in Russia as the “Savior Not Made by Hands”, a symbol of the nation’s armed forces, will be taken to all military units and formations of military districts as well as the Russian northern fleet up until August 2019. Russian Federation Deputy Defence Minister Andrey Kartapolov was on hand last week…

Roman Catholic Pope Francis on Sunday visited the Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarchate in Sofia, where he was received by the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, and hierarchs of the Bulgarian Church’s Holy Synod. Members of the Bulgarian Church’s Holy Synod had previously decided not to participate in official events in honor of the visiting Primate…

The convening of a three-day session of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Holy Synod on Thursday, May 9, has emerged as particularly significant — after the repose of Archbishop of Australia Stylianos last month, the weekend resignation of the Elder Archbishop of America, His Eminence Demetrios, and developments at the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain. According…

A video of a young boy chanting a church hymn to Saint Ephraim of Nea Makri in front of the Saint’s icon has gone viral on social media. The clip that shows a boy kneeling in front of a large icon of Saint Ephraim seems to have been shot a few weeks ago in Crete….

Controversial hardline Plovdiv Metropolitan of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, Nikolai, has launched a vitriolic attack on the visit to the country by Pope Francis. “The visit by the Pope of Rome is a political act, the goal is to unite all the churches around Rome, and when the Antichrist comes, for the Pope to meet…

Met. Seraphim of Kythira reminded that new oros and canons, contrary to the spirit and letter of the Holy Ecumenical Councils, open the doors to ecumenism and heresies. The hierarch of the Orthodox Greek Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira, sent the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches an Easter…