The Church of Crete’s Metropolitan of Kissamos and Selinos, His Grace Amphilochios, spoke to the Orthodoxia news agency this week, referring to the pain and anguish felt by the families and loved ones of victims of increased traffic fatalities on the large island of Crete, which have increased by 40 percent this year, compared with…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week joined the country’s president, Alexander Vucic, at an event inaugurating works for the restoration of the central tower of the Sajmište fairgrounds, in the center of Belgrade, the site of a Nazi German concentration camp during World War II. In his comments, the Serbian Patriarch noted…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, accompanied by Bishop Paisios of Xanthoupolis and the Archon Panteleimon, on Wednesday morning paid a visit to the Bosporus metropolitan area’s prefect, Ali Yerlikaya, in order to brief the latter over an upcoming assembly of Orthodox Youth, to be held in Turkey. The four-day event,…

Lithuania’s ministry of the interior this week announced that the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, has been barred from entry into the Baltic country, ostensibly due to his support of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to media reports from the country, the Russian Patriarch was included on the list of personae…

The Church today venerates Irene, the Righteous of Chrysovalantou. Today is also the feast day of Prochoros, Nicanor, Timon & Parmenas, the Apostles of the 70.

On Tuesday, July 26, at the Archdiocese, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received the Very Rev. Archimandrite Anastasios Garaboa, who received the Archbishop’s blessing upon his new assignment to St. Demetrios Church in Union, NJ. His Eminence received the Rev. Presbyter Michael Palamara, as well, who received the Archbishop’s blessing upon his new assignment to Sts….

“In the history of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God, we see how the work of God is intertwined with the work of humans,” the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești said at the Romanian Skete Prodromos on Monday. Celebrating the feast of the Panagia Prodromitissa, the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop celebrated the all-night…

The Evgenios Voulgaris Academy of the St. Maxim the Greek Institute, operating under the blessing of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will begin offering a four-grade webinar course program in ancient Greek, for the academic year 2022-23, beginning in October. The course is designed for absolute beginners aged 14 years and older. Students…

A holy service dedicated to St. Joseph the Hesychast, along with a poem written by reposed Elder Joseph of Vatopedi are included in an illustrated volume unveiled by the publishing house of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi.