STOCKHOLM – The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia announced its latest bilingual publication in Greek and English entitled “Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the 50th Anniversary of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden,” dedicated to His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s visit to Stockholm in 2019 on the occasion of the semi-centennial of the establishment of…

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The Holy Monastery of Machera and the Pemptousia platform will host an online archontariki today with the Bishop of Ledra, His Grace Epiphanios, the Abbot of the monastery. Archontariki in Greek means a monastery’s guest house. The online synaxis, or assembly, is scheduled for 8 p.m. Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. A translation from Greek…

The Church of Crete’s Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos, His Grace Amphilochios, spoke to the Orthodoxia news agency this week, referring to the pain and anguish felt by the families and loved ones of victims of increased traffic fatalities on the large island of Crete, which have increased by 40 percent this year, compared with…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week joined the country’s president, Alexander Vucic, at an event inaugurating works for the restoration of the central tower of the Sajmište fairgrounds, in the center of Belgrade, the site of a Nazi German concentration camp during World War II. In his comments, the Serbian Patriarch noted…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, accompanied by Bishop Paisios of Xanthoupolis and the Archon Panteleimon, on Wednesday morning paid a visit to the Bosporus metropolitan area’s prefect, Ali Yerlikaya, in order to brief the latter over an upcoming assembly of Orthodox Youth, to be held in Turkey. The four-day event,…

Lithuania’s ministry of the interior this week announced that the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, has been barred from entry into the Baltic country, ostensibly due to his support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to media reports from the country, the Russian Patriarch was included on the list of personae…

The Church today venerates Irene, the Righteous of Chrysovalantou. Today is also the feast day of Prochoros, Nicanor, Timon & Parmenas, the Apostles of the 70.

On Tuesday, July 26, at the Archdiocese, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received the Very Rev. Archimandrite Anastasios Garaboa, who received the Archbishop’s blessing upon his new assignment to St. Demetrios Church in Union, NJ. His Eminence received the Rev. Presbyter Michael Palamara, as well, who received the Archbishop’s blessing upon his new assignment to Sts….