The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, issued a Patriarchal message for the coming great feast day of Christmas, noting, among others, that “…God came to earth to raise man to heaven. God in Christ assumed our human nature. He assumed man and made him unmistakably a sharer of His Divinity, a communicant of…

The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, issued his annual Christmas message this week, referring to the ongoing warfare in Ukraine, Syria, Yemen and in other places in Asia and Africa, while also decrying the desecration of places of worship.

A three-day deadline for the submission of appeals related to the recent election process for a new Archbishop of Cyprus expires today. Any submitted appeals will be collected by a specific Archdiocese official and then be presented to members of the Church of Cyprus’ Holy Synod and the locum tenens of the vacant throne, the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Juliana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs.

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The Christmas Gift of the St. Nicholas National Shrine   Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I can barely express my gratitude, enthusiasm, and unmitigated joy for the opening to regular worship and visitation of our precious Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, which occurred on the Feastday of the Wonderworker of Myra, December…

The Church today venerates the memory of Juliana of Nicomedia & her 630 Companion Martyrs.

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The splendid ecclesiastical calendar of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi for 2023 is now available. The 2023 Vatopedi calendar showcases the ecclesiastical frescoes found at the venerable Mount Athos monastery.