His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel underscored on Sunday the essential role of holy icons in the life of believers, stating that “icons invite us to prayer, to holiness and to communion with all the Saints of God.” The Patriarch of Romania attended the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, celebrated by his Patriarchal Auxiliary…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was congratulated on Sunday at the end of the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on the 36th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. Before delivering the congratulatory message, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești presented the volume “The Centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate, New Romanian Saints and the Consecration…

By Observer staff March 1, 2026 This morning, His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania presided over a pan-Orthodox Hierarchal Divine Liturgy at St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Church in Braintree, Massachusetts, concelebrating with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and numerous hierarchs from abroad and belonging to the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox…

In the afternoon of the First Sunday of the Great Lent, 16 February / 1 March 2026, at 2.30 p.m., the Lenten (Compunctionate) Vespers was celebrated, not in the usual order in the still-closed Church of the Holy Sepulchre, but in the Patriarchal and Monastic Church of the Brotherhood of the Holy Sepulchre of Saints…

On Sunday, 16 February / 1 March 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the Sunday of Orthodoxy. On this day, the Church commemorates and solemnly celebrates the restoration of the venerable holy icons to the sacred Churches, as testimonies and witnesses to the divine Incarnation and the earthly presence of the Son and Word of God, our…

On the Saturday of the First Week of the Fast, 15/28 February 2026, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the miracle of the boiled wheat (kollyva) of the holy Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro. On this feast the Church commemorates the miracle of the kollyva, namely that Saint Theodore the Tyro appeared in a dream…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided on the evening of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 1 March 2026, from the Parathronion at the Second Lenten Vespers, which was chanted at the Church of Panagia Gorgoepikoos of the Exi Marmara Community in the Hypsomatheia District of Constantinople.    vema.com.au

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided from the Patriarchal Throne on Friday, 27 February, at the Venerable Patriarchal Church during the Service of the First Stanza of the Salutations to the Most Holy Theotokos. Concelebrating in prayer were His Eminence Metropolitan Dionysios of Zakynthos and His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of Buenos Aires, clergy, and Nun…

On the morning of Saturday, 28 February 2026, on the feast of the miracle of Saint Theodore the Recruit performed through the kollyva, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the celebrating Church of Saints Theodore in Vlanga, during which His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided. The Patriarch was welcomed with an address by the Overseer…