On 11 July 2025, Anthony J. Limberakis, MD, National Commander of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and Archon Grand Aktouarios, issued a statement in which he writes that the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate “note with dismay and indignation the attack by Israeli settlers on the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the West…

Jerusalem Patriarchate July 17, 2025 The Patriarchate of Jerusalem expresses its deepest condemnation and denunciation of the strike that targeted the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City. This strike caused extensive damage and casualties to the parish complex, endangering the lives of innocent people, especially those with special needs and displaced persons…

The miracle of the glorious Great Martyr and All-parised Euphemia, whose holy relic is enshrined in the Venerable Patriarchal Church, was celebrated at the Sacred Centre of Orthodoxy, the Phanar. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer during the Divine Liturgy which took place on Friday, 11 July 2025, the day of…

State Duma deputies, at a plenary session, adopted in the second and third readings a law aimed at protecting religious symbols of the main traditional faiths. The law was prepared by an inter-factional working group and received the support of all religious denominations in the Russian Federation. Amendments are being made to the Federal Law,…

“The greatest gift the Church offers believers is the knowledge of God,” emphasised Archimandrite Ephraim of Vatopedi in his sermon on Sunday at the outdoor altar of Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral. Abbot Ephraim referenced the words of Jesus Christ on eternal life: “And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God,…

The Very Rev. Archimandrite Efrem Koutsou, Abbot of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, received the highest distinction of the Romanian Patriarchate, the Patriarchal Cross. The ceremony took place last Friday in the Hall of the Romanian Saints at the Patriarchal Residence, immediately after the reception of the relics of Saint John Chrysostom. The distinction was…

Membrii delegației din Sfântul Munte Athos, care au însoțit cinstitul Cap al Sfântului Ioan Gură de Aur la București, au primit ordine și distincții din partea Preafericitului Părinte Patriarh Daniel. Decernarea a avut loc într-un cadru solemn, în Sala „Consilium” a Palatului Patriarhiei, după evenimentul de lansare a Psaltirii de la Vatoped. Ordinul Sfântul Cuvios…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel underlined that the Vatopedi Psalter “is the result of intensive cooperation between the fathers of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos and a group of professors from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology ‘Patriarch Justinian’ of the University of Bucharest, under the coordination of the Reverend Professor Constantin Coman.” His Beatitude participated Tuesday…

Photos Courtesy: Slavonic.org On July 10, 2025, in the city of Hot Springs, Arkansas, a new church of the Slavic Vicariate, dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God “Life-Giving Spring” held its Door Opening which was celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. During his visit to Arkansas, the Archbishop also blessed…