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The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, issued his best wishes for the New Year, in a videotaped message towards Romanian Orthodox faithful around the world. The Patriarchate of Romania has recorded numerous initiatives and actions over the years for expatriate Romanians, aimed at keeping the faithful connected with their paternal and spiritual roots,…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Wednesday attended a festive event held at the Patriarchal residence in Belgrade by the Sima Igoumanov Foundation, during which 13 scholarships were awarded to pupils and university students of large-member families. Speaking during the event, the Patriarch of Serbia thanked Foundation benefactors Miliovan and Dragan Popović, for…

Nearly 100 young adults attended the Christmas Enlightened Evenings celebration on Tuesday at a central London hotel. During the festive occasion, young adults holding Patriarchal flags made a video greeting for the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, extending their best Christmas and New Year’s wishes to the Primate of the Mother Church….

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Thursday said barricades set up by ethnic Serbs in the Kosovo & Metohija province’s north will be removed when the latter forms an association of municipalities with majority Serb residents. The Serbian leader, who is on a visit to Azerbaijan, was quoted as saying that “…first form the Association of Serbian…

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias this week expressed the Greek state’s wholesale support for the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos, which is located on an eponymous northern Greece peninsula. Dendias made the statement on Wednesday as he was welcomed by representative Elders of the Holy Community’s rotating administration, in the Mount Athos capital of…

The Church today commemorates the 14,000 infants, the Holy Innocents, slain by Herod in Bethlehem. Today is also the feast day of Our Righteous Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones.

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The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, spoke to the Piraeus Church’s radio station last week, and specifically during the program “Lessons from Athos”. The program was broadcast on Christmas Day.