On January 19, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America officiated a vigil and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the Epiphany at the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos on Mount Athos. Clergy and pilgrims joined Archbishop Elpidophoros for this special service. The intricate iconography and beauty of the monastery glistened under the soft lighting…

e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi, Mount Athos and Romanian Psychologists, Psychopedagogists, Psychiatrists and Neurologists THURSDAY 1st FEB 2024 at 19:30 (Greek Time) Interpretation available in Romanian, English, Russian, Georgian, French and Arabic. The e-Meeting is organized by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA . You may register in advance for this…

On Thursday, January 5/18, 2024, the Great Royal Hours of Epiphany were read in the monastic and Patriarchal Holy Church of Saints Constantine and Helen of the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood, presided over by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, followed by the Divine Liturgy of the Great Basil and the Service of the…

A decalogue addressed to journalists, authored by Archbishop Calinic of Suceva and Rădăuți, exhorts them to embrace an apostolate of communication while upholding principles of professional deontology. The ten rules were compiled in the context of the 174th anniversary of the birth of Romania’s national poet and journalist, Mihai Eminescu. A decalogue for journalists Like…

On Saturday, January 13, 2024, at the Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Busan, a youth meeting was held by the main topic: “The Christian Faith as a transforming force in our lives”. The program began in the morning with spiritual discussions, lunch, participation in the Great Vespers and concluded with the evening…

From Friday, January 12 to Sunday, January 14, 2024, the Winter Camp Retreat of the youth group “SYNDESMOS” took place in Chuncheon, which many Orthodox believers and Catechumens from the parishes of Seoul, Joenju, Ulsan and Chuncheon attended. The program was rich in liturgical opportunities, with sermons, Bible Study, and discussions on the central theme:…

On 18 January 2024, the Synaxis of Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia took place in Sydney under the Chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. During the Synaxis, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia conveyed the warm wishes and blessings of His All-Holiness our Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Their Graces the Holy…

By Father Christophoros Krikelis Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia Celebrating today the feast day of that great ascetic saint of the desert, St Makarios the Great, whose fervent and unfluctuating desire, during his life here on earth in the fourth century, was none other than to experience the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America arrives at the Holy Monastery of Xenophontos at Mount Athos where he will spend four days and officiate a vigil and the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the Feast Day of the Epiphany as well as the blessing of the waters on January 19. Photos: GOARCH/Dimitrios Panagos goarch.org