The Holy Archbishopric of Ohrid on Thursday commemorated the Nativity of St. John the Baptist at the dedicated Monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski, as based on the Julian calendar. The Great Vespers service and the morning Orthros were officiated by the Bishop of Amorion, His Grace Nikiforos, the Abbot of the Stavropegic and Patriarchal Monastery…

Greek lawmakers on Thursday ratified, by majority, a law designating April 6 as a Day of Remembrance for Thracian Hellenism. The development was greeted with satisfaction by the National Federation of Thracian Societies, whose members had long pressed for the recognition.

A graduation ceremony was held on Wednesday evening for the four graduates of the Arab-speaking School of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Yafo (ancient Joppa), near Tel Aviv. The graduation ceremony was held in the school’s courtyard, and was honored by the presence of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos, and other hierarchs of…

  US President Joe Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 worthy recipients, including cleric Fr. Alex Karloutsos, the former vicar general of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Fr. Karloutsos was honored during a ceremony at the White House on Thursday. During his speech, President Biden described Karloutsos as an “incredible leader”…

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…