We must be united in order to succeed”, underlined His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia before hundreds of Greeks from the State of Victoria, who honoured their Shepherd, for his recent Name Day, with their presence at the official Dinner held on Sunday, 22 January 2023, at the Cretan Village of Melbourne. Many representatives of…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew attended the funeral of the late Zacharo Anastasiadou, his sister, which was held on Monday, 23 January 2023, at the Holy Church of Saint George in their village, Agioi Theodori, in their birthplace of Imbros. His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos presided over the Funeral Service, and at…

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An archieratical Divine Liturgy was held on Sunday at the Catholicon, or main cathedral, of the Holy Monastery of Agathonos, in south-central Greece, on the occasion of the inaugural feast day of St. Vissarionas, the reposed Abbot of the Monastery, after the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized the saint last June.

The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, on Saturday commemorated his patronal name day, on the occasion of the feast day of Neophytos the Martyr of Nicaea and St. Maximus the Greek, with a Divine Liturgy celebrated at the metropolitan Cathedral of St. Marina in Sofia. The con-celebratory service was officiated by Fr. Petar Slavov,…

Clergy and laity expressed their best wishes for good health and fortitude, as well as appreciation, to the Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, for his more than three decades of tireless efforts on the throne of the Albanian Church. His Beatitude attended a Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Metropolitan…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Sunday inaugurated and re-dedicated the rebuilt Church of St. George, located in the previously war-ravaged Syrian town of Arbin, in the countryside of Damascus, the Mideast country’s capital. His Beatitude was joined by the visiting Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Anthony, who…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hieromartyr Clement, Bishop of Ancyra. Today is also the feast day of Agathangelos the Martyr.

On the occasion of the feast of St. Abba Makarios of Egypt, a Vespers Service was held in an atmosphere of devotion, mysticism and austerity, in the presence of believers, at the “Kathisma” of the Saint, in a cave north of the Orthodox Academy of Crete. The Great Vespers were celebrated by Archimandrite of the…