Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday received World Council of Churches (WCC) acting general secretary Rev. Prof. Ioan Sauca. The historic meeting was the first between WCC leadership and an Israeli president. Rev. Sauca reiterated the World Council of Churches’ policies regarding Israel and the Palestinians, and mentioned that the Council has been present with…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, this week received the State Secretary of Hungary, Tristan Azbej, at the Patriarchate. The meeting comes after His Beatitude received the visiting president of Hungary, Katalin Novák, earlier this month. The minister was accompanied by the Hungarian Ambassador to Ramallah. His Beatitude briefed the Hungarian minister and…

The regular monthly sessions of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa concluded today, after commencing on Tuesday at the historic St. George Monastery of Cairo under the chairmanship of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II. As we reported on Wednesday, members of the…

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The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, was declared an honorary lecturer of Georgia’s State University of Sukhumi, during a ceremony held on Wednesday at the Throne Room of the Patriarchal residence. The honor was bestowed by the rector of the university, Prof. Zurab Khonelidze, who referred to the ministry and the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria. Today is also the feast day of Our Holy Father Clement, Pope of Rome.

At the Great Community of Stavrodromi, in Constantinople, the traditional custom was revived after three years of restrictions due to the pandemic in the Holy Church of the Holy Trinity of the Cross, with the ancestral custom of the small crosses that are given to the small students of the primary school upon their entry…

Monday’s great matronal feast day of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple was reverently celebrated by the Church of Crete’s Metropolis of Kydonia, as the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, is the patroness and protector of the Cretan port city of Hania, the capital of the Metropolis. The Metropolitan of Kissamos & Selinos,…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Missions and Evangelism Ministry (MEM) has a new leadership team. Rev. Father Gerasimos “Jerry” Markopoulos and Mr. Kenny Scott will be serving as co-leads of this ministry, working collaboratively to further this important initiative for the growth of our faith and the establishment of new parishes. “I am…