The Church today venerates Thomas the Apostle of the 12.

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch received members of the women’s and men’s Red Star Basketball Club with professional teams at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on October 5, 2021. – I see sport as a spiritual discipline. Sport is a blessed competition in what everyone can do best of themselves, so even when we happen…

Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem along with Archbishop Aristarchus of Constantina, welcomed yesterday , October 5, the new Ambassador of Greece in Tel Aviv Kyriakos Loukakis accompanied by the Greek Consul General in Jerusalem Evangelos Vlioras. Jerusalem-Patriarchate

On Tuesday morning 22 September/ 5 October 2021, the tonsure of two novice monks was observed by His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos at the chapel of Pentecost in the Patriarchate Headquarters. The new monks are Mr Athanasios Kirmitsakis, who has been serving at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for the…

The meetings of the Holy Antiochian Synod are launched in Balamand, chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch John X, and attended by Their Eminences the Metropolitans, members of the Synod, after a halt of two years due to the Corona pandemic. It is noteworthy that the agenda of the Synod will deal with many church issues,…

Following on a number of agreements with local probation services, the Archdiocese of Bucharest of the Romanian Orthodox Church is actively assisting convicts in the process of social reintegration. The Archdiocese signed an agreement with the Bucharest Probation Service and the Ilfov County Probation Service in December, and yesterday, it signed another collaboration protocol with…

According to a statement from the Metropolis of Larissa, the Church of Greece is considering the canonization of one of his former hierarchs, Metropolitan Theologos, who was unjustly deposed in 1974 together with a number of other hierarchs. The statement from the Metropolis reads: His Eminence Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos feels the need…

The award-winning film “Man of God”, based on the life and works of St. Nektarios of Aegina, will debut in Russia on Oct. 10, and with a Russian language voiceover. The international production, written and directed by Yelena Popovic, will premiere in the country at the Karo Oktyabr movie theater in Moscow, before opening in…

WASHINGTON DC – The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America convened in person for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Washington, D.C. October 2-5 for its 10th Anniversary Meeting. This is the first in-person meeting presided over by Archbishop Elpidophoros. Twenty-nine Hierarchs participated in-person and…