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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.

A major exhibition at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples, entitled “Places, symbols and communities of a millennial empire”, recounts the fascinating and complex world of the Byzantines. The exhibition will be open until February 13. More than four hundred works will be on display, from the museum’s own collections and loans granted by 57…

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece has announced that His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos will travel to the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Sunday to attend the enthronement of the newly elected Archbishop of Cyprus Georgios. Speaking to the media, the elected Primate of Autocephalous Church of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus also announced that…

The Bishop of Jinja in eastern Uganda, His Grace Silvester, on Monday co-officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the resident metropolitan cathedral of the Resurrection, on the occasion of his name day, commemorating Silvester, Pope of Rome. The services were co-officiated by the Metropolitan of Axum, His Eminence Daniel, as well as other hierarchs and…

Today, Jan. 3, marks the occasion of the discovery of the Holy Relics of St. Ephraim of Nea Makri, in 1950. This 15th century saint achieved the crown of martyrdom after refusing to renounce his faith at the hands of invading Muslim raiders, in an area east of modern Athens. Thousands of pilgrims from around…

The Church today venerates the memory of Malachi the Prophet.

Several years of dedicated labor have finally culminated in the publication of the Polish Orthodox Church’s own translation of the complete New Testament. The commission established by the Polish Holy Synod recently completed its work on Revelation—the final book of the New Testament, the Church reports. “It’s no exaggeration to say that this is a…

My beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, While expressing to the Creator of the Universe our infinite and grateful thanks for the New Year, which His unspeakable philanthropy has bestowed upon us, let us ask ourselves on the first day of 2023, what we shall do, so as to make it a blessed one,…