The publication house of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi has issued a new edition of homilies by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The work is an Athonite testimony of man’s path towards the light of God.

The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, on Monday visited the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex, UK, on the occasion of the feast day of St. Sophrony the Athonite. His Eminence attended a Divine Liturgy in honor of the saint, officiated by the Bishop of Ilion,…

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week conveyed his condolences over the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in a letter to the Japanese ambassador in the Caucasus country. The expression of condolences by the Orthodox Primate followed a similar message issued by the Patriarch of Moscow…

A Patriarchal Divine Liturgy was officiated by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday morning on the occasion of the feast day of St. Paisios, in a church dedicated to the 20th century saint in the northwest Greek city of Ioannina. Co-officiating were the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Proklos & Hilarios, the Martyrs of Ancyra. Today is also the feast day of Andreas of the Army and St. Veronika, as well as St. Paisios of Mount Athos, whose canonization took place in January 2015.

On Thursday, 24 June / 7 July 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist. On this feast, the Church commemorates that Gospel narrative according to Saint Luke (ch. 1, 1-25), according to which Saint John the Baptist is God’s gift to the barren Elizabeth and her husband Prophet…

On Monday 11th July 2022, the feast of Saint Sophrony the Athonite, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain visited the Sacred Patriarchal Stavropegic Monastery of St John the Baptist in Essex to attend the celebration of the Divine Liturgy in honour of this great Saint of our day. His Grace Bishop Raphael…

It is with great joy that His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain would like to announce that this historic Archdiocese, a proud Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, is in the process of establishing additional Ukrainian Orthodox parishes throughout the United Kingdom. Currently, the Rev. Fr. Myroslav Pushkaruk, a canonical clergyman serving the…

His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis attends Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple, Balwyn to preside in Divine Liturgy and conduct a memorial service for Cypriot Church leaders in the Greek War of Independance. On Sunday, 10 July 2022 with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios o Australia, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of…