The memory of Mount Athos Elders was commemorated at the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Iviron on Sunday. The con-celebratory services, held on the 2nd Sunday of Matthew, were officiated by the Metropolitan of Symi, Tilos and Halki, His Eminence Chrysostomos.  

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Sunday officiated at the services held at the Hall of Romanian Saints, located at the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest. His Beatitude underlined that Romanian saints are divided into categories, such as clerics that testified for their faith; to martyrs, but also to Christian parents and grandparents…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, over the weekend attended celebrations commemorating the 140 years of the dedication of the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Tuzla, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In his pastoral address to the assembled faithful and clergy, His Holiness noted that “without Christ, without His Gospel, and without His Commandments, there…

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Saturday celebrated the feast day of St. Onuphrius the Egyptian. The commemoration of St. Onuphrius was celebrated at a Holy Monastery dedicated to him near Siloan’s pool, at Potter’s field. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery on Saturday.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday paid a pastoral visit to the Diocese of the historic Marmara Sea port of Panormos, known today as Bandirma, where he met with the local Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking Orthodox faithful. The Ecumenical Patriarch officiated at the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, which was…

The Church today venerates the memory of Sampson the Innkeeper of Constantinople.

On Saturday 12/25 June 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of Saint Onuphrius the Egyptian. On this day the Church commemorates that Saint Onuphrius lived initially in a Coenobitic Monastery in Hermoupolis. Then, imitating the Prophet Elijah and Saint John the Baptist, he retreated to the deepest desert and lived in strict ascesis for sixty…

As we travail the third year of the dreadful coronavirus pandemic, it is now widely acknowledged that love of neighbour, compassion and solidarity are crucial to keeping our societies afloat and in effectively tackling the deadly virus and the widespread consequences that accompany this health crisis. Not coincidentally, these values are at the core of…

The Feast Day of the Nativity of Saint John was celebrated at the Holy Monastery of St John the Forerunner in Perth, WA. The celebrations commenced with the Hierarchical Vespers Service at the monastery’s Katholikon and then followed the next day with the Hierarchical Matins and Divine Liturgy officiated by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of…