His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over a special session of the Holy Eparchial Synod today, which is being held in conjunction to this weekend’s Archdiocesan Council meeting in New York, in order to review ongoing affairs concerning the life of the Church. The Archbishop began the meeting by welcoming all the hierarchs who…

On Wednesday, 1 November 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria and Hungary celebrated the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Parish of the Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian in Graz, Austria.   vema.com.au

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia is pleased to announce that from the collections held on Sunday, 17 September 2023, in all the Greek Orthodox Churches of Australia, the sum of $130,000.00 was collected, for the support of those affected by the severe flooding phenomena that occurred during the month of September in the region of…

Lord Tariq Ahmad, Baron Ahmad of Wimbledon, the UK Minister of State for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia, and the United Nations at the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office, met this morning with His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, at the headquarters of the Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem. The meeting was…

On October 27, 2003, the first nuns arrived at the Sts. Peter and Paul Monastery in the Khabarovsk village of Petropavlovka in far eastern Russia. On Sunday, October 29, this year, the 20th anniversary of the founding of this first convent in the Khabarovsk Diocese was festively celebrated with a hierarchical Divine Liturgy led by…

St. Sabbas Monastery (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia) in Harper Woods, Michigan, will be a host to a fundraiser to benefit the Jerusalem Patriarchate and those suffering in Gaza later this month. The abbot, Fr. Pachomy, was especially inspired to hold the upcoming event after speaking with his friend, His Eminence Archbishop Alexios of…

A new monument to the greatly beloved St. John of Kronstadt was recently installed and blessed at a California church. His Eminence Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 29, at the church named in honor of St. John…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, together with Dr. Anthony J. Limberakis, National Commander of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, presented the Athenagoras Human Rights Award to the Prince’s Trust. With the blessing of His Majesty King Charles III, His Royal Highness Crown…

Patriarch Daniel’s sermon on the feast of Saint Demetrius the New focused on the meaning of the relationship between saints and believers, in general, and on how devotion to the Protector of Bucharest has helped and still helps the Church and society. Numerous believers participated in the patronal feast of the Patriarchal Cathedral, with more…