The Patriarch of Romania participated on Monday evening at the launch of a bilingual Greek-Romanian New Testament edited at the Vatoped Monastery. His Beatitude awarded patriarchal distinctions to Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi and the whole team of translators, coordinated by Professor Rev. Constantin Coman. The awards were given for “exceptional action in the defence and…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the Very Reverend Archimandrite Ephraim, the abbot of Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos, at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest on Tuesday. Discussions during the meeting included potential areas of cooperation between Vatopedi Monastery and the Romanian Patriarchate. “The encounter was extremely enjoyable. I met Patriarch Daniel, who is a great…

The city of Cairns in North Queensland, where a numerically small but exceptionally dynamic centre of Hellenism witnesses to Orthodoxy and our Nation, was visited by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. The visit took place on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone for new facilities of the organisation of the Holy…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Annual Sunday School Picnic for 2022 was held at Gough Whitlam Park in Earlwood, on Monday 3rd of October 2022. In an atmosphere of joy and enthusiasm, more than 350 children attended the picnic plus teachers, parents, and many priests from various parishes around…

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The new album “Kecharitomene”, a production of Pemptousia, has been released. The album comprises the second series of songs and musical arrangements of composer Andreas Katsigiannis, entitled “Long Hours”. The work is available in CD form and all digital musical platforms. 

The Metropolitan of Warsaw and Archbishop of All Poland, His Beatitude Sawa, on Monday officiated at a Divine Liturgy at the chapel of Sts. Cyril and Methodios, on the occasion of the new academic year at the Orthodox Cultural Center in the Polish capital, where the Church of Poland’s seminary is located.

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Monday attended the presentation, in Bucharest, of a Greek-Romanian language edition of the New Testament, an effort supported by the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi of Mount Athos. The unveiling of the Greek-Romanian New Testament came on the first day of an international theological symposium…

Orthodox churches and chapels in the occupied parts of the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus continue to fall prey to Muslim settlers imported from the Anatolia hinterland by the Turkish military and other extremists. Christian places of worship are in disrepair, while often-times illegal settlers and the occupation forces have transformed them into garbage dumps…