The Church today venerates the memory of Eustathios the Great Martyr, his wife and two children, Agapios and Theopistos. Today is also the feast day of St. Meletios, Bishop of Cyprus.

The enthronement of the newly elected Metropolitan of Pisidia and Exarch of Sidi and Antalya, Archbishop Job Getcha of Telmissos, in succession to the recently deceased Metropolitan Sotirios (Trampas) of Korea, took place in an atmosphere of modesty and evident joy at the Church of Saint Alypius the Stylite on Saturday, September 17, 2022. In…

In an atmosphere of great emotion, on Monday morning, September 19, a Doxology service for the graduation of the year 12 students (third grade of the Lyceum) of the Greek Orthodox College of Saint Spyridon in Kingsford, Sydney, was held. The Doxology Service was presided over by the Chancellor of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia,…

On Sunday the 18th of September, the Sunday after the Feast of the Universal Exaltation of the Holy Cross, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea Officiated the Matins and Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Church of Sts Constantine and Helene. In his sermon, His Grace…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed four clergymen from the Metropolis of NJ to the Archdiocese today and offered his blessing as they begin their new assignments. Protopresbyter Matthew Streett will begin serving Holy Apostles Church in Dulles, VA; Protopresbyter Anastasios Bourantas will serve the Annunciation Cathedral in Baltimore, MD; Presbyter Nikolaos Matarangas will serve St….

Instituted in Asbury Park in 1947 by the late Archbishop (and later Ecumenical Patriarch) Athenagoras, the 75-year old tradition of the Blessing of the Waters and Κατάδυσις of the Cross, also known as the “Cross Dive,” resumed on Sunday, September 18, 2022. Faithful from across the Metropolis of NJ joined His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of…

Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzanis: Watch Pemptousia TV Live HERE

An impressive 36-meter metallic Cross has been erected in the Tushana site, in the central-western Bulgarian municipality of Elin Pelin, following the blessing of the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyt. A blessing ceremony at the site was officiated by the Bishop of Belogradchik, His Grace Polycarp.  

The enthronement of the new Serbian Orthodox Church’s Bishop of Sabac, His Grace Ierotheos, was held on Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul, in the presence of the Patriarch of the Serbian Patriarchate, His Holiness Porfirije, and other hierarchs of the Serbian Church.