The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Thursday received visiting Montenegro Prime Minister Dritan Abazović at the Patriarchal seat, with both sides later briefing reporters that a consensus has been reached over a so-called “Fundamental Agreement” has been reached. His Holiness declared that “…Beginning from the fact that the Church is separate from the…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday officiated at the festal Divine Liturgy at the celebrating Church of the 12 Apostles, in the Bosporus district of Feriköy. In a sermon, His All Holiness noted that the feast day “…reminds us and teaches us, first of all, of the importance which…

The Church today venerates the memory of Cosmas & Damian, the Holy Unmercenaries. The feast day was commemorated in a splendorous manner on Friday at a dedicated cathedral in Thessaloniki’s Acropolis, with an Orthros chanted in the morning, followed by a con-celebratory Archieratical Divine Liturgy, officiated by the Abbot of the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery…

A group of volunteers from the Five Loaves Program, handed out hot meals (roast lamb and chicken with vegetables) as well as fruit and dessert for the homeless in the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne on Wednesday, 29 June 2022 with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios and under the guidance of His Grace…

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The St. Maximus the Greek Institute will participate in an event at Athens’ Herod Atticus Odeon, beneath the Acropolis, with the ecclesiastical music performance “Megales Ores”, or Great Hours. The event will be held on Sept. 29, according to Greece’s culture ministry.

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, on Wednesday welcomed visiting US ambassador to Greece, George Tsunis, to the Patriarchate. His Beatitude briefed the US ambassador to Greece over the centuries-old mission of the Patriarchate in the Holy Land and Trans-Jordan.  

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, on Wednesday officiated at the con-celebratory Vespers at the dedicated and historic Monastery of the Apostle Paul at Tal Kokab, near the Syrian capital of Damascus. The ancient monastery is built on the spot where the Lord Jesus revealed Himself to the then…

The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Wednesday, on the feast day of Peter and Paul, the Holy Apostles, honored the memory of the Apostle of Nations Paul in a splendorous ecclesiastical manner, as St. Paul is the founder and patron saint of the venerable Church of Greece. An Orthros service and a Divine Liturgy…