The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday announced his invitation, extended by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to participate in the Holy and Great Synod of Constantinople for this upcoming year. The Archbishop’s tenure will begin in September. His Eminence made the announcement to participants at the conclusion of the Archdiocese of America’s…

Today marks 50 years since the repose in the Lord of Ecumenical Patriarch Athinagoras, who served as the shepherd of the Mother Church for 24 years. On Thursday, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, traveled to the Monastery of the Life-Giving Spring in Valoukli, officiating at a Trisagion prayer service at…

The Church today venerates the memory of Prokopios the Great Martyr, and his mother, Theodosia the Martyr. Also, following a decision by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2019, July 8 is commemorated as the Synaxis of All Military Saints. A feature on the Synaxis of All Military Saints has been…

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On Thursday, 24 June / 7 July 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. On this feast, the Church commemorates that Gospel narrative according to Saint Luke (ch. 1, 1-25), according to which Saint John the Baptist is God’s gift to the barren Elizabeth and her husband Prophet…

On Wednesday evening, 23 June/ 6 July 2022, the graduation ceremony of the four graduates of the Arab-speaking School of the Patriarchate in Yafo (Ancient Joppa) near Tel Aviv was held in an open ground space of the School’s courtyard. The Patriarchate has always kept a school in this area. However, there was a disruption…

At the close of the 46th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress today, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros announced his invitation by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to participate in the Holy and Great Synod of Constantinople for this upcoming year, beginning in September. “I am deeply honored by His All Holiness’s decision. I am also fully aware that…

The digital platform Pemptousia will host the latest online synaxis, or assembly, with the Metropolitan of Limassol, His Grace Athanasios, and the parish of the Elevation of the True Cross in Tbilisi, Georgia. The synaxis will take place today, at 19.00 Athens time, or 17.00 GMT. Translation into Georgian will be available.

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week chaired the inaugural meeting of an ecclesiastical committee established to focus on the status of the Vilna-Lithuania Diocese. The meeting took place at the Patriarchal residence at the Danilov Monastery. The committee members are tasked with studying and processing information dealing with the…