Vatopedi publications has unveiled a new tome of homilies and addresses by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim. The work comprises an Athonite testimony of man’s course towards the light of God.

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, during his sermon on Sunday, in the After-feast of the Theophany, called on the faithful to seek change through repentance. His Beatitude noted, “…that the Gospel after the Baptism of the Lord portrays the commencement of the Savior’s actions in the Galilee of Nations… Christ began his…

The Bishop of Charioupolis, His Grace Bartholomew, with the blessing of the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, performed the annual Sanctification of the Waters ceremony in Hobart, the capital of the large island of Tasmania, on the occasion of Friday’s Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, the great feast day also known as the…

On the occasion of the great feast of the Nativity on Saturday, as based on the Julian calendar, the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Monastery of Vatopedi, along with Vatopedi Elders and pilgrims from around the world, assembled in the Mount Athos monastery’s synodal hall for the festal kerasma. The Elder…

Archbishop Georgios was enthroned as the 76th Primate of the Church of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus on Sunday afternoon, in a ceremony at the Cathedral of the Apostle Barnabas in Nicosia. Church bells rang out joyously as the elected Archbishop of Cyprus arrived to the cathedral. The newly enthroned Archbishop said he accepts the…

Today marks the After-feast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Today is also the feast day of Eustratios the Wonderworker.

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, received at the Patriarchal Office, immediately after the completion of the service of the Sanctification of the Waters, the President of PASOK- Movement for Change, Mr. Nikolaos Androulakis, Member of the European Parliament, with his colleagues. Their meeting took place in a cordial atmosphere where they had the opportunity to…

On Sunday, 8 January 2023, the Deputy Ambassador of the American Embassy in Ankara, Mr. Scott Oudkirk, made a private visit with his family to the Theological School of Halki. The distinguished guests were received by The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos and the monastery’s…

The Feast of the Epiphany, during which the waters are consecrated, is not a symbolic event or simply a tradition that we have received from our ancestors and continue. It is a great challenge for all of us, to make important changes in our lives, to place Christ at the center of our life, but…