The Holy Antiochian Synod, presided by His Beatitude Patriarch John X (Yazigi), held its fifteenth extraordinary session, on February 22 and 23, 2023, in Balamand, in the presence of Their Eminences, the Most Reverend Metropolitans: Elias (Archdiocese of Beirut and Dependencies); Elias (Archdiocese of Tyre, Sidon and Dependencies); Saba (Archdiocese of Bosra Houran and Jabal…
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A digital fellowship with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi and the Medicine, Science and Faith Association of France (MEDSCIF) has been rescheduled for Monday, March 20, at 19:30 Athens time, or 19.30 GMT. The online assembly had been scheduled to take place today. This digital fellowship…
The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyte, on Thursday welcomed the Abbess and eight nuns from the sisterhood of the Holy Monastery of Sts. Cyril and Methodios of Klisurski. The group of nuns conveyed the fraternal best wishes and love of the Metropolitan of Vidin, His Eminence Daniel, with whose blessing they traveled to Sofia…
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week presented scholarships to several seniors of the University of Belgrade, during a special event held at the Cathedral of St. Sava in Vracar.
The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, received the visiting Metropolitan of Didymoticho, Orestiada and Soufli, His Eminence Damaskinos, on Thursday at the Patriarchal Hall in Alexandria. His Eminence arrived in the land of the Nile at the head of a group of 60 pilgrims from his ecclesiastical Diocese…
Recently enthroned Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, His Beatitude Georgios, on Friday received the newly elected President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, at the Archbishop’s Palace in Nicosia. The meeting lasted for roughly half an hour and no statements were made afterwards.
Today marks the dour one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a full-scale attack that violently ended decades of relative stability in Europe. The ripple effects of the invasion, which started in the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, upended global energy markets, caused inflation around the world and a surge in defense spending in…
The Church today commemorates the First & Second Finding of the Venerable Head of John the Baptist.