His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije received His Excellency Christopher Hill, the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Serbia on 7 May 2022 in the Patriarchal See in Belgrade. In a friendly conversation, the first since Ambassador Hill took office in the Serbian capital, the situation in the southern Serbian…

n 8 May 2022, on Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch kyr Porfirije officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in Belgrade’s church dedicated to this saint. His Holiness Porfirije was concelebrated by His Grace Bishop of Marča and Vicar of the Patriarch kyr Sava, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod of Bishops Archimandrite…

The world-renowned Panagia Sumela Monastery in Trabzon, Turkey, saw thousands of visitors in just two days after it fully reopened to the public for the first time in six years. More than 5,000 tourists visited the monastery on Sunday and Monday, May 1 and 2, despite the rainy weather and fog, reports the Orthodoxia News…

In the past week major works were conducted at the Church of Saint Nektarios in Dianella. With the Grace of God and the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia: New Axminster carpets have been laid throughout the entire church. Thanks very much to the two anonymous families that donated $10 000 each. The…

Sunday, May 8, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis officiated at the Holy Church of the Archangels in Mentone, Victoria. The Divine Liturgy was also attended by Archimandrite Very Rev. Father Athanasios Iviritis who preached the divine word during the Holy Liturgy. His Grace Bishop Kyriakos warmly wished Many Years ( Χρόνια Πολλά ) to…

On the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearers and the memory of Saint John the Theologian, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta at the Church of Panagia Soumela in the suburb of East Keilor, Victoria, especially because inside the Church of Panagia Soumela there is a Chapel dedicated to Saint John…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided yesterday, Sunday of the Holy Myrrh-bearers, May 8, 2022, at the Patriarchal and Synodical Divine Liturgy, which was performed, according to custom, in the Catholicos of the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Baloukli. Their Eminences also were in attendence and participated in the Divine Liturgy; Geron Metropolitan Dimitrios…

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, condemned the latest terrorist attacks in Israel, which claimed the lives of at least 11 Israeli citizens. A spokesman for Guterres underlined that the Secretary-General called for an immediate end to violence, which he said only serves to undermine the prospects for peace. Still in the same region, the Patriarch of…

Beloved in the Risen Lord, Protopresbyter Panteleimon Papadopoulos, Protopresbyter Andreas Vithoulkas, President Clark and Members of the Parish Council, Beloved Sisters of Philoptochos, Esteemed Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Honored Members of Leadership 100, Dear Parishioners of Holy Resurrection,   Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! What a marvelous afternoon to break ground for this vital…