The great feast day of the Dormition of the Theotokos was celebrated with centuries-old Athonite rite on Sunday, August 28, by the venerable monasteries on Mount Athos, as based on the Julian calendar. The visiting Bishop of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, His Grace Chrysostomos, officiated at the holy services and Divine Liturgy at the Holy…

A Holy Vigil was held according to ecclesiastical order and Mount Athos tradition at the Holy Great Monastery of Vatopedi on the feast of the memory of the Holy and God-bearing Father Joseph the Hesychast. The Holy Vigil was presided over by the Abbot of the Monastery, Elder Ephraim, accompanied by the fathers of the…

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, during these days is present at the Ecumenical Patriarchate, accompanied by Metropolitan Ezekiel of Dervis, His Grace Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis, Archiepiscopal Vicar for the Archdiocesan District of Canberra, as well as Archdeacon Father Athenagoras. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios met with the Ecumenical Patriarch along with Hierarchs of the…

On Sunday, 28 August 2022, the festive celebrations for the feast of the transfer of the Holy Relics of Saint Dionysios of Zakynthos were culminated with a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the celebrating Church of Saint Dionysios in Central Mangrove of New South Wales. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Grace Bishop Iakovos…

On Friday, 2 September 2022 from 7pm at the Holy Church of Saint Eustathios in South Melbourne an all night vigil will be held in honor of the feast day of Panagia Pisidiotissa with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios and under the guidance of His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis. The miraculous icon…

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The great feast day of the Dormition of the Theotokos was celebrated with centuries-old Athonite rite on Sunday, Aug. 28, by the venerable monasteries on Mount Athos, as based on the Julian calendar. The visiting Bishop of Bukoba and Western Tanzania, His Grace Chrysostomos, officiated at the holy services and Divine Liturgy at the Holy…

More than 50,000 people rallied in the streets of Belgrade on Sunday to protest against the holding of a so-called “EuroPride” event in the country. In a related announcement, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said the upcoming parade through Belgrade will not go ahead. During a news conference, Vucic said the event – scheduled to take…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday received the visiting Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, at the Patriarchal cathedral of St. George. His Eminence was accompanied by Metropolitan Ezekiel of Dervis and Bishop Bartholomew of Charioupolis, the Archiepiscopal Vicar for the District of Canberra.