One of the most recognizable images of Russian Orthodoxy, the wooden Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord on Kizhi Island in Karelia, has finally reopened to the public for the first time in 41 years. More than 100 unique specialists labored over the 15-year restoration of the 22-domed church, for which the A. S….

  July 26, 2021 Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery Washington, Texas Reverend Abbess Paraskevi and Monastic Sisterhood in Christ, With great spiritual gladness, I rejoice to celebrate the Feastday of your Heavenly Protector and Advocate, the Holy and Righteous-Martyr, Paraskevi. Earlier in our prayers and praises, we read the following from her Kontakion: Τὸν ναόν…

On July 25, 2021, the V. Rev. Archimandrite George Nikas delivered remarks of thanksgiving to His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at both the Divine Liturgy and the Luncheon that followed. From the Divine Liturgy: Σεβασμιώτατε Ἅγιε Αμερικής, κ.κ. Ελπιδοφόρε, ὡς εὖ παρέστητε!! Ὄντως, μὲ ξεχωριστή χαρά καὶ βαθία συγκίνηση σᾶς καλωσορίζουμε στην εὐλογημένη μας…

On Sunday the 25th of July 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, following the kind invitation of His Eminence Archbishop Zenon of Dmanisi, concelebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Georgian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of our Lord. Following the Concelebration, the two Hierarchs reaffirmed the Church’s Eucharistic unity, as well…

On the occasion of the feast day of St. Paraskevi, the Metropolitan of Corfu, His Eminence Nektarios, officiated at a con-celebratory Vespers on Sunday at the Holy Convent of Makradon, dedicated to the saint at the Paleokatritsa site. The ferry boat Nissos Samos, with captain Giorgos Arvanitis at the helm, this year again paid tribute…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, over the weekend received a congratulatory message on the occasion of his 70th birthday, from the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III. The Patriarch of Jerusalem extolled the character and virtues of the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church, while stressing his significant pastoral…

The 64th mass baptism of infants by the Georgian Orthodox Church took place on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Tbilisi. Some 1,200 children were baptized into the Orthodox faith with the blessing of the Georgian Patriarch. The mass baptism scheme is an initiative of the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness…

An encyclical issued by the Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and its treatment, was read out at all parishes in the country on Sunday where services were held. The encyclical was entitled “Christians Ask US About the Vaccine and Physicians Answer”. In the encyclical, members of the Holy Synod…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy held at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George, in the Bosporus metropolis’ Phanar district. Several Metropolitans and hierarchs of the Patriarchal throne attended the service. During the Divine Liturgy, His All Holiness performed the ordination of the new…