Father Nicolae Dascălu, Patriarchal Counselor and director of the Lumina publications, handed film director Yelena Popovic the “Virgin Orans” Order on Tuesday, granted by the Patriarch of Romania. The ceremony took place on Tuesday, at the preview of “Man of God” a film she wrote, directed and produced to bring to screen the life of…

On Tuesday, November 16 / 29, 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy New Martyr Philoumenos the Hagiotaphite, who suffered a martyr’s death at the shrine of Jacob’s Well on November 16, 1979, where he served as Hegoumen. Saint Philoumenos, as a new martyr, was also included in the Hagiologion of the Church…

On the evening of Sunday, November 14/27, 2022, the ceremony of lighting the Christmas tree took place at the “Terra Sancta” Franciscan school inside the Old City and in its inner garden next to Damascus Gate. This ceremony was attended by the Custos of the Holy Land, Fr Francis Paton, his deputy, Fr Ibrahim Faltas,…

The memory of Saint Andrew the First-Called Apostle was celebrated with splendour in the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne. The Parish of Saint Andrew in Forest Hill was the focus of the festive celebrations. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis, Archiepiscopal Vicar of the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne, visited the celebrating parish, who on the eve…

On Thursday, 24 November 2022 the Five Loaves Initiative in the District of Melbourne prepared hot meals for the vulnerable from the commercial kitchen at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in South Yarra. With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and with…

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A spokesman for the Russian Orthodox Church this comment a recent and very high-profile decision by the Holy Synod of the Alexandria Patriarchate to cease the commemoration of Russian Patriarch Kirill’s name in all liturgies. In an interview, spokesman Vladimir Legoida claimed that the decision by the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, on Monday bestowed the Order of St. Sabbas the Sanctified to the outgoing ambassador of Greece in Egypt, Nikolaos Garilidis, for his services and valuable understanding of issues affecting the ancient Patriarchate.  

Members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus met on Monday to discuss issues related to an upcoming electoral process to select a trio of eligible hierarchs of the Church who have declared their intent to succeed reposed Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos II on the vacant throne. Among others, a proposal to change…