Satisfaction and joy were expressed this week by the Serbian Patriarchate and the Archbishopric of Ohrid following the archieratical Divine Liturgy celebrated on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Clement of Skopje by the primates of the two Churches, the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, and the Archbishop of Ohrid and Metropolitan of…

The EU Commission this week expressed its “concern” over a recent decision taken by so-called authorities in the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus, as the latter said they would open another stretch of beach in the abandoned district of Varosha, a Commission spokesman said on Tuesday. According to media reports, the stretch being cleared for commercial…

The latest school shooting rampage in the United States resulted in the death of 19 young children and two adults on Tuesday. According to reports, a lone gunman, a 18-year-old teen clad in body armor, entered a south Texas elementary school in the city of Uvalde and opened fire. He was later killed in an…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, arrived in Greece today, and specifically at the Alexander the Great Airport near the northeastern coastal city of Kavala, to begin a multi-day pastoral visit in the north of the country. Beginning on Friday, His All-Holiness will commence a two-day pilgrimage to the semi-autonomous monastic…

The Church today commemorates the Third Finding of the Precious Head of St. John the Baptist.

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For the first time in Bulgaria, the holy relics of the Equal-to-the-Apostles and Enlighteners of the Slavs Sts. Cyril and Methodius were joyously greeted by clergy and faithful in the center of Sofia yesterday. They were then carried in procession to the Metropolitan Sveta Nedelya Cathedral, reports the Bulgarian Orthodox Church. The great event coincided…

June 3 – 5, 2022 Dear Members of the Apostle Bartholomew Parish in Reykjavik and Friends of the Holy Metropolis of Sweden in Iceland, In the context of the interest and pastoral care of H.E. Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia, for the flock of the Mother Church of Constantinople in the Nordic Lands,…

On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, His Grace Bishop Kyriakos of Sozopolis hosted a foundational meeting for the ‘Five Loaves’ outreach program. The team of professionals, whom His Grace invited, brings a diverse range of experience in law, human resources, hospitality, marketing, administration, communications, logistics, public service, health,…