On Tuesday, July 27/ August 9, 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy glorious great martyr Panteleimon the healer, at the Holy Monastery dedicated to him on the south-west of the Patriarchate, near Jaffa Gate. On this day the Church commemorates the life and martyrdom of Saint Panteleimon according to his synaxarion. The…

The Digital Fellowship from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim, which will take place today, Thursday August 11, 2022, 08:00-09:30 PM Athens Time Interpretation will be available in Romanian, English, French, Georgian. Arabic and Russian. The e-Synaxis is organised by the web magazine PEMPTOUSIA. Please register in advance for this meeting by clicking on the following…

The Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi has unveiled new audio series featuring the hymns from the Suppliant Canon of the Wonder-working Icon of the Panaghia Pantanassis, as chanted by a choir of Vatopedi Fathers. The text of the paraklissis, or supplication, is a poem by reposed Elder Joseph of Vatopedi, and chanted under Athonite…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, will travel to the coastal town Herceg Novi over the weekend in order to attend events marking the 640th anniversary of its establishment, and on the occasion of the translation of the Holy Relics St. Stephen, the first martyr of Christianity, as based on the Julian calendar. The…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, accompanied by Bishop Paisios of Xanthoupolis and members of the Greek Orthodox Diaspora, on Tuesday morning visited the fire brigade headquarters of the Metropolitan Municipality of Constantinople, where he was received by the department’s leadership. The Ecumenical Patriarch expressed the sincere gratitude of the Church…

The Church today venerates the memory of Laurence the Holy Martyr & Archdeacon of Rome

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His Eminence Archbishop Calinic of Argeș and Muscel celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Robaia Monastery on Sunday’s feast day of Saint Paphnutius the Iconographer. The previous day, the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord marked the fifth anniversary of the proclamation of the Saint’s canonization. “How can God not protect this country with so…

The Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolis of Bessarabia held a meeting in Chișinău on July 28, 2022. The meeting was chaired by His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia and was attended by Bishops Antonie of Bălți and Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia. The activity of the Metropolis concerning the situation in Ukraine was presented. The Synod…