The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Wednesday chaired the Episcopal Council of the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovac, a meeting convened at the Patriarchal see in Belgrade. A blessing was first held for the opening of the session, with the Patriarch then welcoming members of the Ecclesiastical Council and exchanging the glorious message…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, on the Wednesday of Bright Week, received representatives of the Churches of the Holy City at the Patriarchate, on the occasion of this month’s Great and Holy Easter. The first group to visit the Patriarchate was comprised of Franciscan monks, under their Abbot, Fr Francesco Patton, whom…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of weaponizing energy, after Russia cut natural gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria a day earlier, putting the European Union on alert for further retaliation. In a speech after the decision, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned other nations against interfering in the war and threatened “…lightning fast counterstrikes”. Meanwhile, US President…

Today is Renewal, or Bright Thursday, the fourth day after Great & Holy Easter. Today is also the feast day of the nine Monk-martyrs of Cyzikos.

About the seminars The times in which we live aren’t normal. Ideologies and religions are amalgamating and there’s certainly an overall atmosphere of confusion and questioning. So it would not be strange if we were to raise the question: ‘Why should I want to become an Orthodox Christian?’   The seminars are for… This question…

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The feast day of Great Martyr George was joyously commemorated at the dedicated church of St. George in the east Athens district of Papagos. The afternoon Easter Vesper Service of Agape, with agape meaning love in Greek, as well as the Divine Liturgy were live-streamed by the online platform Pemptousia, with the Byzantine choir of…

The Monday of Bright Week was celebrated by the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood at the Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen in Jerusalem. The festal Liturgy was led in prayer the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos, with the co-prayer of the Hagiotaphite Fathers, Hierarchs, Hieromonks and Deacons of the Patriarchate, and in the presence of Greece’s…

The dour 200th anniversary of the abhorrent Destruction of Chios by the Ottoman Turks was commemorated this week, with the Metropolitan of Chios, Psara and Oinousses, His Eminence Markos, celebrating the Holy Saturday Resurrection service at the historic monastery of St. Minas, where the Ottoman horde massacred the monks and some 3,000 women and children…