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An online archontariki, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with Georgian parents who have lost children, will be held today at 20.00 Athens time, or 18.00 GMT. The latest online archontariki is hosted by the Pemptousia platform and the Elevation of the True Cross…

Four local mayors in the prefecture of Aetoloakarnania have addressed a letter to Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis requesting that the current Metropolis of Aetolias and Akarnanias be divided into two separate Metropolises, as per a decision by the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. The mayors of Agrinio, Nafpaktos, Amphilochias and…

The memory of Mount Athos Elders was commemorated at the Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Iviron on Sunday. The con-celebratory services, held on the 2nd Sunday of Matthew, were officiated by the Metropolitan of Symi, Tilos and Halki, His Eminence Chrysostomos.  

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Sunday officiated at the services held at the Hall of Romanian Saints, located at the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest. His Beatitude underlined that Romanian saints are divided into categories, such as clerics that testified for their faith; to martyrs, but also to Christian parents and grandparents…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, over the weekend attended celebrations commemorating the 140 years of the dedication of the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Tuzla, in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In his pastoral address to the assembled faithful and clergy, His Holiness noted that “without Christ, without His Gospel, and without His Commandments, there…

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem on Saturday celebrated the feast day of St. Onuphrius the Egyptian. The commemoration of St. Onuphrius was celebrated at a Holy Monastery dedicated to him near Siloan’s pool, at Potter’s field. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Monastery on Saturday.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday paid a pastoral visit to the Diocese of the historic Marmara Sea port of Panormos, known today as Bandirma, where he met with the local Ukrainian- and Russian-speaking Orthodox faithful. The Ecumenical Patriarch officiated at the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, which was…

The Church today venerates the memory of Sampson the Innkeeper of Constantinople.