The memory of the Three Hierarchs – Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John Chrysostom – was commemorated on Monday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Constantinople, the see of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Every Jan. 30th marks a special day in the Greek Orthodox world, as the occasion also commemorates the world-inspiring…

Church today venerates the memory of Cyrus & John, the Unmercenaries. Today is also the feast day of Athanasia and her three young daughters, Theoctiste, Theodota and Eudoxia.

Monday, 30 January 2023, marked the 200th anniversary of the discovery of a wonder-working icon of the Panagia, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, in a grove on the Cyclades island of Tinos, the site where the emblematic Cathedral of the Evangelistria, dedicated to the Mother of God, stands today, one of Orthodoxy’s most prominent pilgrimage sites….

The head of the Romanian Government’s Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova (DRRM), State Secretary Adrian Dupu, met with His Eminence Metropolitan Petru in Chisinau last week. The two discussed the situation of the Metropolis of Bessarabia and its needs. Adrian Dupu conveyed his department’s support for the mission of the Romanian Orthodox…

Last week, Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău blessed the start of the rehabilitation and extension works of a hospital in Roman, Neamț County, that will be placed under the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. On Monday, January 23, fifty members of the work team and officials of the affiliated enterprises attended the blessing…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel received His Excellency Mr José Antonio Hernández Pérez – Solórzano, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain in Romania, on a presentation visit at the patriarchal residence on Thursday, January 26, 2023. The Spanish Ambassador thanked for the opportunity to meet the Patriarch of Romania and highlighted that Romania is a…

His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III attended this morning, Monday January 30, the opening session for the annual International Religious Freedom Summit (IRF) held in Washington DC, United States. After greeting the attendance with the peace of Jerusalem, His Beatitude took the opportunity to relay the current circumstances of Christians of the Holy Land and Jerusalem…

On Sunday, January 16th/29th, 2023, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the veneration of the Holy chain of the Apostle Peter in the holy Monastery of Saint Nicodemus – commonly known as “the Lentil’s”, adjacent to the Praetorium complex, that is, the prisons of the Roman Administration of time of the Lord. During this feast,…

At the Annual ‘Summer Greek Festival’ which took place on Sunday, 29 January 2023, at the Parish of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Thomastown, Melbourne, many Greeks came to participate and support the local event. Representing His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote, was present…