On November 28, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed GOARCH pilgrims to Istanbul for the Fourth Centennial Pilgrimage of 2022. His Eminence arrived earlier this weekend and participated in the meeting of the Holy and Great Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (November 27 — November 29). On November 29, the group will attend the…

“My goal was to bring St Nectarios to the hearts of people. I felt if I could do that, this particular story could help them”, said Yelena Popovic in an exclusive interview for Basilica.ro. “It’s a great thing to give hope.” Yelena Popovic is the director and scriptwriter of the film “Man of God”, about…

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The memory of St. Froumentios, Archbishop of Abyssinia, was commemorated on Sunday, ahead of this week’s feast day, at the dedicated Cathedral in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, with the Metropolitan of Axum, His Eminence Daniel officiating at an archieratial Divine Liturgy.

The newly enthroned Metropolitan of Aetolia & Akarnania, His Eminence Damaskinos, over the weekend paid a pastoral visit to the municipality of Thermo, part of the Metropolis’ ecclesiastical jurisdiction. His Eminence was enthusiastically received in the town square by clergy, local office-holders and numerous of faithful from the area. A Doxology blessing service was later…

The Metropolitan of Halkida, His Eminence Chrysostomos, continued his visit to the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi of Mount Athos over the weekend. His Eminence officiated at the con-celebratory service on the occasion of the feast day of St. John Chrysostom, as commemorated with the Julian calendar. The Metropolitan of Halkida, accompanied by the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday had cordial discussion with former German president Christian Wulff, within the context of the latter’s meeting with the heads and representatives of the non-Muslim religious communities of Constantinople. The meeting took place at the premises of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy…

Amid a period when official Turkey persists in targeting Christianity in the country and even abroad, as recently seen with the opening of a mosque in far-off Japan with the name “Hagia Sophia”, the greatest of all Basilicas of eastern Christendom, Orthodoxy continues to flourish around the world. On Sunday, the Archbishop of Australia, His…

The Church today venerates the memory of Stephen the New, the confessor, who was martyred in defense of Orthodoxy during the iconoclasm in the 8th century.