On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 28 February, a Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George at the Phanar, during which His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will ordain a Deacon. The relevant announcement follows: It is announced that, on the great feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy,…

Metropolitan Epiphanios (Artemis), formerly of the Diocese of Thira, Amorgos, and Nisoi of the Church of Greece reposed in the Lord on the first day of Great Lent yesterday at the age of 92. He was “a teacher of truth, a minister of the Mysteries of God, a spiritual father for the people, a model…

At its meeting on February 24, 2026, the Board of Trustees of Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC) received an announcement from President and Professor of Theology, Dr. Demetrios S. Katos, regarding his leadership of the institution. Dr. Katos informed the Board that earlier this month he shared with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America his…

In a social media post marking the beginning of Holy and Great Lent, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America encouraged Orthodox Christian faithful to “intensify our spiritual practice, and to do so within our souls, as well as within our communities.” The full message is as follows: “The pattern of Great Lent is before us,…

An International Event with Wider Ramifications The Huffington Ecumenical Institute at Hellenic College Holy Cross, in collaboration with the Missions Institute of Orthodox Christianity (also under the auspices of HCHC), is organizing an international conference on the life and legacy of the late Archbishop Anastasios of Albania, a contemporary religious leader, who advocated for interfaith…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on the feast of the Finding of the Precious Head of the Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist John, presided on Clean Tuesday, 24 February, at the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. At the conclusion of the service, he celebrated a Trisagion for the repose of the souls of the victims…

On Sunday, 22 February 2026, His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa presided at the Vespers of Forgiveness at the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified in Alexandria, marking the beginning of the Holy and Great Lent. His Beatitude was joined by His Eminence Metropolitan Germanos of Tamiathus,…

On Saturday 21 February 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Divine Wisdom (Agia Sophia) in Bayswater. The service formed part of the Cathedral’s customary English-language Liturgy, held on the first and third Saturdays of each month. During the Liturgy, His Eminence ordained…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at noon on Clean Monday, 23 February, received, in accordance with the established order, the Hierarchs of the Throne serving in Constantinople, with whom he exchanged brotherly greetings in mutual forgiveness on the occasion of the beginning of Holy and Great Lent. Subsequently, His All-Holiness presided from the parathronion in…