The Pemptousia television platform today will live-stream the Great Lent liturgy of the Second Salutations to the All-Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, from the cathedral of St. George, in the east Athens district of Papagou, beginning at 19.30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT. The emotional service includes the chanting of the second stanza of the…

The enthronement of the Church of Cyprus’ recently elected Metropolitan of Paphos, His Grace Tychikos, will take place on Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Theodoros, in the coastal city of Paphos, during a ceremony to be officiated by the Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, His Beatitude Georgios.

The government of Moldova is reportedly ready to hand over the building of the former theological seminary in the capital of Chisinau to the Romanian Orthodox Church-affiliated Metropolis of Bessarabia. The final step is for a draft law, tabled by several deputies of the ruling party, to be ratified by Parliament. The assets of the…

The Pemptousia platform on Thursday hosted the latest digital fellowship with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and the parish of St. Katherine Orthodox Church in Carlsbad, California. You may watch the entire assembly on the platform at your convenience by pressing the category “programs”, and then…

The Church today venerates the memory of Kodratos the Martyr of Corinth, & his Companions.

A new holy altar and Church dedicated to Saint Catherine is to be erected in the Diocese of Arusha, in Tanzania. By the grace of God, His Grace Bishop Agathonikos of Arusha and Central Tanzania, conducted the consecration of the foundation of the Holy Church of Saint Catherine, which will serve the worship and liturgical…

On Thursday, 9 March 2023, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew conducted a Trisagion Memorial Service at the cemetery of Saint Ignatius of Chalcedon, in memory of His ever-remembered Elder, The Late Elder Metropolitan Meliton of Chalcedon, who on that day, the feast of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, celebrated his Patronal Feast Day. Also,…

His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios of New Justiniana and All Cyprus, during his official visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate, also visited on Monday, 6 March 2023, the Holy Metropolis of Chalcedon. His Beatitude was warmly received and welcomed by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, the clergy, the president and members of the Coordination Committee…

Both state institutions and society need to be careful and work hard to maintain peace and unity if the country hopes to progress, says the Georgian Orthodox Church in a statement published yesterday against the background of the unrest in Tbilisi. The Patriarchate also distances itself from the radical political statements that circulate from individual…