The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyt, on Tuesday received the caretaker prime minister of the country, Galab Donev, at the Archdiocese of Sofia, along with other hierarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. Talks mostly focused on cooperation between Church and state in various charitable initiatives.

The Church of Greece’s Elder Metropolitan of Ilia, Germanos, reposed on Tuesday night at the age of 91. The late hierarch had served as the Shepherd of the specific Metropolis in southwest Greece for 41 years, retiring in August 2022. An exodios funeral service will be held tomorrow, Thursday, at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas,…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Ariston the Wonder-Worker, Bishop of Arsinoi of Cyprus.

21 февраля в Малахитовом зале гостиницы «Даниловская» открылось XII заседание Совместной российско-иранской комиссии по диалогу «Православие-Ислам», посвященное теме: «Общественное служение религиозных общин в постпандемийном мире». Делегацию Русской Православной Церкви возглавил митрополит Казанский и Татарстанский Кирилл. В состав делегации вошли: настоятель Свято-Николаевского собора в Тегеране архимандрит Александр (Заркешев); председатель Экспертного совета при Патриархе Московском и всея…

20 февраля в Маниле состоялась встреча митрополита Манильского и Ханойского Павла и Чрезвычайного и Полномочного посла Российской Федерации в Республике Филиппины М.И. Павлова с Апостольским нунцием на Филиппинах архиепископом Чарльзом Джоном Брауном. Стороны поделились особенностями христианского служения в регионе, а также обсудили вопрос предоставления земли на кладбище города Гуиан для увековечения памяти захороненных там российских…

On Meatfare Sunday, 19 February 2023, the day our Church commemorated the memory of Saint Philothei of Athens, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia visited and officiated at the Holy Church of Saint Euphemia, in Bankstown, Sydney. After the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, His Eminence conducted the Agiasmos Blessing for the commencement of the…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia, with deep human sorrow and emotion, announces the falling asleep in the Lord of Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne Nicholas Tsouloukidis. The cleric of blessed memory was born in 1932 in Agia Kyriaki of the prefecture of Kastoria. In 1958, he was ordained a priest of the Holy Metropolis of…

His Eminence Archbishop Evgenios of Crete, paid an official visit to Vienna, Austria, from February 13th to 18th, 2023. The Archbishop of Crete met with His Eminence Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria, a fellow Cretan, with whom they visited the Catholic Church of the Archangel Michael (Michaelerkirche) in Vienna, where the Holy Icon of the so-called…

With great joy and emotion, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia received in his office, at the Holy Archdiocese of Australia in Sydney, a delegation of traditional dance teachers and instrumentalists from his native Crete, who visited the fifth continent as guests of the Sydney and Melbourne Cretan Associations. More specifically, His Eminence was visited…