The Serbian Orthodox Church today will hold a prayer service for the protection of the family and the sanctity of marriage, while the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, has already issued a message for the eradication of violence against women. His Holiness said women, mothers and sisters are “sacred”, underlining that he will personally…

Thursday marked the first full day of an apostolic visit by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, to the United States, the first-ever to America by an enthroned Patriarch of Alexandria. In the morning, His Beatitude met with local hierarchs of other Christian churches in the New York…

Hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Friday elected another two new Metropolitans to fill the vacant thrones for the ecclesiastic jurisdiction of Drama, in northern Greece, and Ilia, in southwest Greece. Specifically, Archimandrite Dorotheos was elected as the new Metropolitan of Drama, while the Bishop of Oleni, His…

The Church today venerates the memory of Sergius & Bacchus the Great Martyrs of Syria.

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A Doxology service at the Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Warsaw was co-officiated on Wednesday by the resident Archbishop and Metropolitan of All Poland, His Beatitude Sawa, and visiting Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios. The solemn service included prayers for the Polish and Albanian Churches and for world peace,…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, arrived in the United States on Wednesday for an official visit. His Beatitude and an entourage of hierarchs of the Alexandria Patriarchate were welcomed by the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros. The historic visit marks the first ever to the United…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week inaugurated sessions – via video link – of the 5th conference on pastoral ministry in the health sector, which is taking place on the Dodecanese Island of Rhodes. In his address, His All Holiness detailed how the Ecumenical Patriarchate reacted and managed the…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Thursday elected new Metropolitans for the vacant ecclesiastical jurisdictions of Gortynia and Megaloupoli, in southern Greece’s Peloponnese province, as well as for the Metropolis of Aetolia and Akarnania, in western Greece. Archimandrite Nikiforos Eustathiou was elected as the new Metropolitan of the…