The governor of Ukraine’s Chernihiv region said there is no let-up in attacks by the Russian military, despite its pledge to reduce activity there. The governor, Viacheslav Chaus, took to the Telegram messaging app to denounce Russia’s promise. On Tuesday, Russia said it would cut back operations around Chernihiv and the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Air…

The last in a series of online sessions of a scholarly conference focusing on the Greek War of Independence concluded on Tuesday with the address by the Metropolitan of Nea Krinis and Kalamaria, His Eminence Ioustinos. The session was live-streamed by the Pemptousia platform. The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was briefly admitted to a hospital in southern California this week for tests, before being discharged on Tuesday. His Eminence was admitted to Ronald Regan UCLA Medical Center on the third day of his pastoral visit to the Archdiocese’s Metropolis of San Francisco, and after feeling unwell. According…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Divine Beatitude Theophilos III, this week demanded that members of the extremist settlers’ group Ateret Cohanim abandoned their illegal seizure of the Patriarchate-owned Little Petra Hotel, in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem. The Heads of Churches in the Holy City have repeatedly warned of the illegitimate actions by extremists,…

The Church today venerates the memory of John Climacus the Righteous, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent.

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The 13th Meeting of the Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia took place in Sydney, on the 28th and 29th of March 2022, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. At the meeting, His Eminence conveyed the warm wishes and blessings of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to their Graces, the…

The Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa’s Bishop of Bukoba, His Grace Chrysostomos, was enthroned this week at the Cathedral of the Holy Apostles in Tanzania, with the Metropolitan of Kampala, His Eminence Ieronymos, representing the Patriarch of Alexandria Theodoros II and officiating at the archi-etarical ceremony.

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia reiterated its support for the suffering Ukrainian people, while announcing 30 scholarships to children of Ukrainian immigrants to study in the Archdiocese’s schools. This decision was taken during the first day of the 13th Synaxis of the Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese, which took place under the chairmanship of the…