On Saturday, 9 August 2025, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at the Divine Liturgy held at the Metochion of the Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon of Mount Athos in Galata, Constantinople, marking the feast of Saint Panteleimon the Healer according to the Julian calendar. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Grand Archimandrite Iakovos and…

On Saturday, July 27, 2025, or August 9, 2025, with all ecclesiastical splendour, the commemoration of the sacred martyrdom of Saint Panteleimon the Healer and Saint Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was celebrated at the Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon the Healer. Saint Panteleimon was the son of the pagan Eustorgios and the Christian Euboula, who…

On Friday, 8 August 2025, in the presence of Major General Issam Khodr, Assistant Advisor to the Prime Minister of Egypt, Mostafa Madbouly, the team from the Information Centre of the Prime Ministry of the Arab Republic of Egypt conducted a press interview with His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All…

His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai sent a letter requesting the intervention of His Beatitude Patriarch Theofilos III of Jerusalem to resolve the issue of the Holy Monastery of St Katherine of Sinai, writing: “We trust your righteous judgement, you are our Father and Patriarch, whom, as a Bishop, I respect, honor and love.” His…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church marked the local proclamation of the canonisation of Saints Paisius Olaru and Cleopas Ilie on Thursday with a deeply spiritual tribute, calling them “two pillars of light between the mountains and heaven.” In a pastoral message occasioned by the celebrations at Sihăstria Monastery, the Patriarch of…

The left hand of Saint Haralambos, a treasured relic from the Mega Spileo Monastery in Greece, will be brought to Romania for veneration at the Diocesan Cathedral in Alexandria between August 29 and September 1, in conjunction with the patronal feast of St. Alexander Monastery. The event’s program includes hierarchical liturgies, religious processions, and all-night…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania explained on Wednesday that the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord represents “the radiant icon of every church.” Speaking at the end of the Divine Liturgy celebrated in the historic Chapel of Saint George the Trophy-bearer at the Patriarchal Residence, the Patriarch of Romania said that “according to…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church has marked 38 years since his monastic tonsure. The future Patriarch of Romania was tonsured a monk at Sihăstria Monastery on August 5-6, 1987, following the Vespers of the Feast of the Transfiguration. Saint Cleopas Ilie, canonized last year, blessed his decision, became his monastic godfather…

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church expressed condolences Tuesday following the death of former President Ion Iliescu, remembering him as a leader who not only respected the Church but also played a key role in guiding Romania toward democratic reforms and closer alignment with Western values after the fall of communism. “Mr. Ion Iliescu…