Many Orthodox faithful have been flocking to a village about 25 miles north of Athens to see a church that was saved from raging wildfires by the power of prayer. The Church of St. Paisios the Athonite, next to the Monastery of the Holy Infants in the village of Dervenochoria was saved, as well as…

Pemptousia and Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Parish Cluj-Napoca, would like to invite you to join us for a digital fellowship on Friday 28th July 2023 at 07:30 PM Athens time. The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into ROMANIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH, GEORGIAN, ARABIC and RUSSIAN There will be time…

His Beatitude Patriarch John X and the accompanying delegation visited the Monastery of St. Antonios the Great in Arizona. His Beatitude was accompanied by Metropolitan Saba Esber and Bishops Thomas Joseph, John Abdullah and Anthony Michael. Upon his arrival at the monastery, Bishop Gerasimos (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Father Paisios, the abbot of the monastery, and the…

A third successive heatwave in Greece pushed temperatures back above 40 degrees Celsius (104F) across parts of the country Tuesday. In Athens, authorities resumed afternoon closing hours at the ancient Acropolis, from 1 p.m. to 5.30 p.m., as part of broader measures to protect visitors, and staff, from the oppressive heat. The iconic site, which…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate confirms with an official announcement, the granting of permission for the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the Feast Day of the Dormition of the Theotokos, at the historic Monastery of Panagia Soumela in Pontus. In particular, the announcement of the Grand Protosyncellus states: “We are happy to announce that following a…

His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos, after leaving Mount Athos, where he presided over the feast day of All Saints of Vatopedi Monastery, as a guest of the Holy Monastery of Vatopedi and of the Abbot, Archimandrite Ephraim. As Metropolitan Ieronymos was passing through Halkidiki, he visited the Holy Monastery of the Annunciation…

The Holy and Sacred Synod met on 24 July 2023, under the presidency of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Halki. On the occasion of the terrible wildfires in Rhodes, the Holy Synod expressed its deepest sympathy to those affected by the devastating wildfires….

The painting work of the church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju continues for the fifth day with miraculous results. The Pantocrator, the Heavenly Liturgy, the group of the Prophets, and some of the main figures of the forefathers of Christ, the first being Adam and the last one being Joseph the protector…

On Tuesday, July 25, 2023, with the blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, His Grace Bishop-elect Theophan of Philomelion was ordained to the episcopacy during the Divine Liturgy presided over by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Patriarchal Cathedral of Saint George, at the Phanar. In his address, Archbishop Elpidophoros stated: “You,…