The Church of Greece this week called on Holy Metropolises to loan heirlooms and objects in their possession associated with the Greek War of Independence, and ahead of an exhibition in October at the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens. This year marks the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution from dour Ottoman rule.
The Greek Orthodox parish of Sts. Constantine and Helene in Perth, Australia, on Tuesday hosted a school holiday activity. Seventy children from the parish came together for a day of activities aimed at helping the poor and homeless of Perth. The event was hosted with the blessing and in the presence of His Grace Bishop…
The Dutch travel site Griekenland.net this week posted a feature on the Dodecanese Island of Patmos, the first in a series of features on well-known pilgrimages in Greece, with Meteora, Mount Athos, Aegina, Paros and Tinos to follow. The site, which has an average of 2.7 million visitors, focuses exclusively on travel and visits to…
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week received the ambassadors of Canada and Australia to the country. Discussion focused on Serbian emigres and refugees who found a new home in Canada and Australia, and where they built Orthodox churches and monasteries to meet their spiritual needs and preserve the religious tradition of their…
Members of the permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece convened for a second consecutive day on Wednesday. According to information collected by the Orthodoxia News Agency, the agenda included the issue of the health of the Metropolitan of Peristeri, His Eminence Klimis, and the degree in which the hierarch can fulfill…
The Church today commemorates Aquila, the Apostle among the 70. Today is also the feast day of Nicodemus the Righteous of Mount Athos.
On Monday, 29 June/12 July 2021, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Holy glorious and chiefs of the Apostles Peter and Paul. On this feast, the Church commemorates these two Apostles and their missionary work for Christ. The Church commemorates that Apostle Peter preached Christ Crucified and Resurrected, to the circumcision, namely to the…
The feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul was conciliarly and prayerfully celebrated in Cetinje Monastery on 12 July 2021. The Holy Hierarchical Liturgy was officiated by Metropolitan Aristarch of Kemerovo and Prokopijevo from the Russian Orthodox Church, while the elected Metropolitan Joanikije of Montenegro and the Littoral, Bishop Kirilo of Buenos Aires and…
On the feast day of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul His Grace Bishop Sergije of Bihac-Petrovac and Rmanj officiated the Holy Hierarchical Liturgy in the church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Gornje Sokolovo. The Bishop was concelebrated by Archimandrites Varnava (Damjanovic) and Vasilije (Rozic), protopresbyter-staurophors Ilija Prole and Marinko…