The inauguration of the first cathedral dedicated to the newly canonized saint of the Orthodox Church, St. Gerasimos the Hymnographer, a 20th century monk and Athonite Elder, will be held on Sunday at the Skete of St. Anne, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos, where the newest saith of the Church toiled in ascetism….

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on the occasion of the feast day of St. Sava, the first Archbishop and Teacher of the Serbs, as based on the Julian calendar, officiated at the Divine Liturgy on Friday at the Serbian Club in Glendale, New York. The Primate of the Serbian Patriarchate arrived in the…

The spokesman for the Patriarchate of Romania, Vasile Banesku, in a wide-ranging press interview this week, again reiterated the Church’s position that a human’s foremost right is birth, a right he said eclipses the argument of self-determination and the right to choose, in referring to the sensitive issue of abortion. The spokesman added “…the Church…

The Church today commemorates the Removal of the Relics of St. John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople. On the occasion, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, officiated at a Divine Liturgy on Thursday at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George, the eve of the Translation of the Holy Relics. Based on millennia-old…

His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos, on the occasion of the 9-days since the falling asleep in the Lord of Zacharo Anastasiadou (nee Archontonis), the sister of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, blessed the Kollyva and conducted the trisagion memorial service at her grave, at the Cemetery of the village of Agioi Theodoroi…

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The Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Elder Metropolitan of Halkidona, His Eminence Emmanuel, paid a pilgrimage this week to the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. In addressing the assembled Vatopedi Elders in a monastic synaxis, the hierarch referred to the concept of Christian life, the significance of monasticism in the life of the Church and the mission…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, referred to the values of unity, mutual understanding and respect, which are deeply rooted in Australian society, as he said, in his message for Thursday’s Australia Day, a national holiday in the island continent nation. His Eminence also proudly underlined what he called contribution of the Greek Diaspora…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Wednesday chaired a plenary session of the 31st International Christmas Educational Readings, which is being held at the Kremlin in Moscow. Earlier in the day, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church officiated at the Divine Liturgy, held at the Cathedral of Christ the…