A memorial service for renowned Metropolitan Paleon Patron Germanos, who raised the banner of revolution in March 1821 to mark the commencement of the Greek War of Independence in the Peloponnese, was held at the historic Monastery of St. Lavra on Monday, May 30, the 196th anniversary of the hierarch’s repose in the Lord. The…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Sunday officiated at the consecration of the new offices and premises of the Archdiocese district of Western Australia, in the city of Perth, as well as facilities of the Vasileiada Organization. More than 200 people attended the event.

Exact replicas of two well-known Mount Athos Icons of the Panaghia, the Virgin Mary, have been conveyed to the under-construction Cathedral of St. Sava, in the Croatian port city of Split. The Holy Icons were received during a solemn ceremony by the Bishop of Dalmatia, His Grace Nikodim, who was joined by clergy and Orthodox…

The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, speaking at a youth conference at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Resurrection in the Albanian capital this week, called on young people to never compromise with what he called spiritual decline. The conference is entitled “Become Disciples of Christ – Fishers of Men”.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday continued his pastoral visit to northern Greece, where in the morning he was declared an honorary citizen of the municipality of Thermaikos and awarded the key to the city. On Monday afternoon, His All Holiness attended events commemorating the centennial of the abominable…

The Church today venerates the memory of Hermias the Martyr at Comana.

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has published a message occasioned by the Sunday of Parents and Children, marked this year on June 5, 2022. An initiative of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the day “is an opportunity to reaffirm the main role of the family in the spiritual growth of children and their formation for life,” the…

The reliquary with the honourable head of Saint George of Cernica toured the Romanian communities in Munich, Nuremberg and Hersbruck on May 20-23. The delegation of Cernica Monastery, led by the abbot Vasile Pârjol, was greeted at the Romanian Settlement in Munich by His Grace Assistant Bishop Sofian of Brașov and many Christians dressed in…

In a message on Sunday marking the Day of Romanians Everywhere, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia stressed that the Romanian Orthodox Church stands by the Romanians from all over the world, inviting them to live united in faith. “We are witnessing all the trials that our sons and daughters are going through, and we…