The splendid ecclesiastical calendar of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi for 2023 is now available. The 2023 Vatopedi calendar showcases the ecclesiastical frescoes found in the catholicos, or main cathedral, of the venerable Mount Athos monastery.

In the wake of this week’s meeting in Skopje between the resident Metropolitan of Skopje and Archbishop of Ohrid, His Beatitude Stefan, and the visiting Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Anthony, the former spoke by phone on Thursday with the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. His Beatitude Stefan expressed a wish…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, is scheduled to conduct a pastoral visit to the United States later this month and into February. His Holiness is scheduled to visit the parishes and Church-school congregation of St. Sava in New York, while also being briefed, in person, on the rebuilding process for the Cathedral of…

The memory of 16th century St. Jeremiah was commemorated at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople for the first time on Friday. Patriarch Jeremiah I was canonized this week with a decision by the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, with joy and satisfaction expressed by the clergy and laity of the Holy Metropolis…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday attended the inauguration of a new cultural and spiritual center built and operated by the Metropolis of Halkida, in south-central Greece. The event coincided with the 21st anniversary of the enthronement of resident Metropolitan, His Eminence Chrysostomos, as the shepherd of the specific…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hermylos and Stratonikos, the Martyrs at Belgrade. Today is also the feast day of Maximos the Righteous of Kafsokalyvia, on Mount Athos.

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Orthodox Youth Girls Groups (Girl’s Omathes) of the Greek Orthodox Christian Society of Sydney participated in their annual 5-day Summer Spiritual Camp. The camp site was visited on Thursday, 12 January 2023, by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, accompanied also by the Chancellor…

On January 10, 2023 at the suggestion of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elevated His Grace Bishop Dimitrios of Xanthos to the rank of Metropolitan and, as such, the see of Xanthos to the rank of Metropolis in his person. Upon the news of the elevation…

The award-winning film “Man of God”, based on the life, works and tribulations of St. Nektarios of Aegina, is now available on all international video on-demand streaming platforms, where viewers around the world can now watch movie, which, among others, set cinema ticket sales records in Greece and Cyprus. A list of the relevant platforms…