The Cenobitic Skete of Prophet Elijah of the Holy Pantokratoros monastery on Mount Athos, is celebrating according to the Julian Calendar, the Feast Day of Prophet Elijah, which will be presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne, who has old spiritual ties with the Skete of the Prophet…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the first Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos which took place in the afternoon on Tuesday, 1 August 2023. On the morning of the same day, the feast of Saint Solomone, whose holy relics are kept in the Venerable Patriarchal Church, His All-Holiness was present in prayer…

With tremendous gratitude to God, the fledgling parish of Saint Sophrony of Essex, South Australia, was overjoyed to celebrate its inaugural feast day on 11 July 2023, suitably followed by a festive function the ensuing Sunday 16 July, in which parishioners enjoyed coffee and a wide range of food provided by our generous volunteers. These…

ARCHDIOCESAN CATHEDRAL CHOIR & YOUTH CHOIR PERFORM CONCERT AT HOLY TRINITY MONASTERY IN HALKI, PRAYER FOR RHODES EVENT The Archdiocesan Cathedral Choir and Youth Choir of the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York, received an audience with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I following the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, July 23rd….

On Monday morning, 18/31 July 2023, after the Divine Liturgy at the Horrendous Golgotha which was led by His Eminence Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina, the fortieth-day memorial service of the Patriarchal Representative in Acre- Ptolemais Archimandrite Philotheos was held by the Patriarchate. Archimandrite Philotheos passed away while working on restoring the Holy Church of Saint…

His Beatitude Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem Theophilos III visited the Monastery of St. Georgios in the city of Acre, accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Kyriakos of Nazareth, the General Secretary of the Patriarchate Archbishop Aristarchus, the Metropolitan of Jordan, Archbishop Christophoros, and a group of the esteemed clergy. The patriarchal envoy was…

The President of the Finances and Patriarchal Commissioner His Eminence Metropolitan Isychios of Kapitolias with a group of Holy Sepulchre Fathers visited the Cemetery of Holy Zion, in order to explain to the relatives of those buried there, that the excavations carried out there by the German Archaeological company have received the approval of the…

On Monday, 31 July 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos visited the Holy Chapel of Saint John the Theologian, which is located at the Larissa military base hospital, and conducted a Trisagion in memory of his late predecessor, Metropolitan Theologos Paschalides, who fell asleep in the Lord on 31 July 1996. His…

In Sweden, a court recently granted permission for a performance in which the Koran, the holy book of Islam, was torn down and burned in front of Stockholm’s central mosque. The organizer of the event did not see his actions as problematic but stated: “What is sacred to some does not necessarily have to be…