Your Eminence Metropolitan Mark, Dear Archimandrite Roman, Dear Mother Abbess Elizabeth, Your Eminences, Your Graces, Beloved Members of this Sisterhood, Sister and Brothers in Christ,   We greet you today in the joy of this holy feast of Sint Mary Magdalene, Equal to the Apostles, and we join her praise with the hymnographer: Rejoice, thou…

On Saturday, July 21/August 3, 2024, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the chapel of Saint George of the Holy Metropolis of Nazareth, presided over by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth. Following the order of the Church, His Eminence ordained Stephanos Nassar, a native of Nazareth, as a Priest, as he was ordained…

On Friday, July 20 / August 2, 2024, the commemoration of Prophet Elijah of Thesbes was celebrated by the Patriarchate. On this day, the Church draws from the Old and New Testaments and honours the Prophet Elijah as a native of Thesbes, a hermit and ascetic, zealous for the rights of God, fighting for His…

On Sunday, 4 August 2024, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Supplicatory Canon to the Mother of God at the Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Neochori, Bosporus. After the service, His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Kydonia, Supervisor of the Bosphorus District, along with Vice Chairman of the Ecclesiastical Committee, Eugene…

Pemptousia and the Evgenios Voulgaris Digital Academy would like to invite you to join us for a talk via Zoom in a Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim,  Hegumen of the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi. on Friday, August 9th, 2024 at 20:00 (GR Time). The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into English,…

Patriarch John X receiving the Minister of Waqfs: “We stress the importance of coexistence in this East, at a time when sectarianism is rising” The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East of the John X stressed the importance of coexistence among all the components of this Levant at a time when there…

The Georgian Patriarchate issued a statement this week condemning the abuse of a Georgian Orthodox church in Azerbaijani, with an appeal to the authorities to reopen the church for liturgical services. The statement explains: “For several days, a music video has been circulating on the internet, with footage shot at St. George’s Church in Kurmukhi,…

From 26 to 28 July, the youth summer camping retreat of the “Syndesmos” group took place again this year at the camping facilities of the parish of St. Boris in Chuncheon city. Numerous young men and women, believers and catechumens alike, participated. The program was mainly based on the bipole of “teaching” and “the breaking…

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarchate Theodoros of Alexandria and All Africa has recently received important recognition from the United Nations. This is the Certificate of Recognition from the UN, which recognises the efforts of the Patriarchate in protecting the environment and addressing the problems caused by climate change. Upon learning of this honorary recognition, His…