The Church today venerates the memory of Gregory the Illuminator, Bishop of Armenia.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday received a delegation led by Steve Green, the founder and board chairman of the Washington D.C.-based Museum of the Bible. Members of the delegation included Dr. Jeffrey Kloha, the museum’s chief curator, Dr. Brian Hyland, the associate curator of medieval manuscripts, and Prof….

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, has condemned the latest extremist attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, warning that any change to the status quo at the specific mosque is equivalent to a threat to the status quo of the revered Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Patriarch Theophilos, in a statement issued this week,…

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Clergy and the faithful of the Kalamaria district in east Thessaloniki on Wednesday joyously and reverently greeted the Holy Icon of the Panaghia Eleovritissa, which was solemnly conveyed to the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Transformation of the Savior from the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos. The Holy Icon was conveyed by…

The long-awaited performance of excerpts from the trilogy “Long Hours”, will take place this evening, at 8.30 local time, at the Herod Atticus Odeon, located at the foot of the Acropolis in central Athens. The State Orchestra of Athens, conducted by Stathis Soulis, 100 choristers from three separate choirs, along with artists Glykeria, Dimitris Bassis…

On Friday, 30 September 2022, the Romanian Orthodox Church will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Daniel of Romania. From 09.00 to 11.00 am, the Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. After the Divine Liturgy, at 11.00 am, a doxology service will be officiated as a thanksgiving…

With special devoutness and joyous splendour, the Synaxis of the Holy Icon of Panagia was celebrated at the celebrating Holy Church of Panagia Myrtidiotissa in the country town of Dubbo of New South Wales, during the three-day celebrations from Friday until Sunday, 23 – 25 September 2022. It is widely known, that the Kytherian faithful…

PHANAR — After nearly a year of preparations, “Kosinitza Manuscript 220” will return to the Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of Theotokos Eikosiphoinissa in Drama, Greece. The manuscript, which was most recently purchased from Christie’s in 2011 and entered the collection of Washington D.C.’s Museum of the Bible in 2014, was among hundreds of priceless objects looted…