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With the blessings and presence of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, and under the patronage and attendance of Minister of Culture, Dr. Lubana Mushawah, a concert of chants entitled “We Have Found the Way to Damascus” was presented this evening, at the Opera House in Damascus, by Archimandrite Nicodemus Kabarnos (from Greece), along with the…

The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has had a remarkable impact over the last 24 years upon the ability of the Holy Mother Church of Constantinople to fulfill its sacred mission in perpetuity: its direct and indirect support of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in that span has amounted to a…

Vatopedi Publications has unveiled a new Greek-language cookbook and culinary guide by author Kaiti Mantzaridou, entitled “New Lenten Foods and Sweets”, which coincides with the ongoing Holy & Great Lent ahead of Easter on April 24. Order HERE

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, received best wishes from the Patriarch of Russia and All Moscow, His Holiness Kirill, on the occasion of the name of the former, as the Jerusalem Patriarchate on Sunday celebrated the feast day of Holy Forty Martyrs of Lake Sebastia, based on the Julian calendar….

The northwest Peloponnese town of Kalavryta on Monday celebrated the 201st anniversary of its liberation from Ottoman rule, as it was the first major community that threw off Turkish yoke during eruption of the Greek War of Independence in March 1821. A Doxology service was held at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos,…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, spoke by phone on Monday with the country’s president, Aleksandr Vucic, with the main topic of discussion being Church-state coordination to support Ukrainian war refugees to the dispatch of humanitarian aid to the country. Additionally, the situation in Kosovo and Metohija was discussed.

The abhorrent war in Ukraine continues unabated. According to reports, the battle for the besieged southeast Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has intensified, as civilians fleeing the conflict referred to escalating violence. Russian and Ukrainian forces are engaged in street fighting, with Russian airstrikes, artillery and mortar rounds having gutted entire neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the number…

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