With the blessing and holy prayers of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the new Archiepiscopal Church of St Sophia, Bowden (SA), celebrated a historical milestone with its first Pascha on 15th/16th of April 2023. The service was led by His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope, assisted by the Parish Priest Fr Jeremy Krieg and…

On April 19, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited His Eminence Metropolitan Saba, the newly elected Archbishop of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America at the headquarters in Englewood, NJ. The two hierarchs shared paschal greetings during this joyful season of bright week. Grateful for this first encounter, the two hierarchs also discussed…

In the context of his patriarchal visit, His Beatitude Patriarch John X arrived at the parish of Alexandretta, which was damaged by the devastating earthquake. The parishioners greeted him with olive branches and white roses, and thus the square of St. George’s Church appeared to be a painting full of life and hope. After the…

On Easter Monday, 4th/ 17th April 2023, the feast of Pascha was celebrated with its befitting brilliance at the monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, led by the Hegoumen of the Brotherhood, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, as the service was officiated by the Typikon keeper of the Church Archimandrite…

At noon of the luminous day of Pascha Sunday, 3rd / 16th April 2023, the service of the Second Resurrection was held at the Patriarchate. The service started at the Patriarchate Hall, where His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem, the High Priests and the Priests read the 9th Hour of Pascha and got dressed in…

Early on Sunday morning at 01.00, 3rd/ 16th April 2023, the Service of the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, the feast of Pascha, was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. On this feast the Church commemorates that the incarnate Jesus Christ, our Lord, was crucified, died in the flesh and was risen…

On Monday of Renewall Week, 17 April 2023, the Holy Pilgrimage of Panagia Faneromeni in Nea Artaki celebrated the Feast Day of Pascha. The miraculous appearance of the Most Holy Theotokos in the refugee settlement area of Artaki of Kyzikos, which is recorded in the synaxarist of the day as follows: “On the day of…

In the Roman Catholic Church of Santa Maria, which was recently granted by the Roman Catholic Church to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Orthodox believers of the Holy Metropolis of Smyrna celebrated the Resurrection of the Lord and Holy Pascha. The resident Metropolitan, through an informative announcement which was issued, refers in detail to the liturgical…

With the Blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea, assisted by the clergy of the Archdiocesan District of Perth, officiated at the Vespers of Love which took place at the Holy Church of Saints Constantine and Helene, Perth. The Vespers of Love is a service in which the…