The Metropolitan of Arta, His Eminence Kallinikos, on Thursday officiated at a Great Vespers at the Church of St. John the Theologian in Arta, and on the occasion of the feast day of St. Luke, Bishop of Simferopol and Crimea, the Blessed Surgeon. A Holy Relic of the saint was placed for veneration by the…

Graduate students of the Logos University, a distance learning Christian ministry based in the US state of Florida, visited the Cathedral of the Ascension in Tirana on Thursday, in order to be briefed on the history of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. The graduate students were welcomed and briefed by His Grace Bishop Astios.

A synaxis, or assembly, of Orthodox clergymen of the Diocese of Damascus and rural Damascus, held at the Patriarchal Monastery of St. George Al-Humyira, was concluded this week. The sessions, which mostly dealt with pastoral issues and the study of the Gospels, were presided over by the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His…

The Metropolitan Sotirios of Pisidia reposed in the Lord this week at the age of 93. An exodios funeral service and interment be held at the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, in Gapyeong, Korea, the country where the reposed hierarch was the Church’s shepherd for many years.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, celebrated his name day today, Friday, a day ahead of the annual June 11 feast day of the Apostle Bartholomew, given that tomorrow coincides with the Saturday of Souls. The celebration of His All Holiness’ name day came in the presence of the visiting Archbishop…

The Church today venerates the memory of Bartholomew and Barnabas, the Holy Apostles.

The priests of the Diocese of Damascus and Rural Damascus concluded the meeting, held with the blessing and presence of their great father, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, in the Patriarchal Monastery of St. George Al-Humeyra, after taking participation in the Divine Liturgy on Thursday morning, June 9. Over the course of the meeting, the…

The 14th Synaxis of the Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia was held in Sydney on June 7-8, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. The topics which were covered include the celebration of the memory of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle and the name day of the Ecumenical Patriarch throughout Australia….

Constantinople — June 8, marked the start of the fifth Halki Summit conference in Constantinople. This year’s theme is “Sustaining the Future of the Planet Together: the Prophetic Ministry of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,” and is sponsored in part by generous grants from Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the CR Florence Foundation….