Today our Orthodox Church observes Holy Wednesday. On this day, according to the more discerning interpreters of the Gospel, two women anointed the Lord with myrrh. The first, a long time before His Passion; the other, only a few days before. One was a harlot and sinner; the other, chaste and virtuous. The Church commemorates…

On Holy Wednesday morning, 7/20 April 2022, the last Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts of Great Lent was observed at the Holy Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, with the co-prayer of the Hagiotaphite Fathers. The Liturgy of the Pre-sanctified Gifts was also officiated at…

On Holy Tuesday morning, 6/19 April 2022, the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood according to the custom and contributing to the peaceful pilgrims’ coexistence, visited the Franciscan Fraternity Custodian in the Holy Land for the Feast of Easter. For this visit, the Hegoumen of the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos addressed all…

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I am so very pleased to be with all of you – the devout faithful of Kimisis Tis Theotokou Church here in Brooklyn. I was with you at this very same service last year to hear the immortal Hymn of Kassiani, which was so beautifully chanted by our beloved…

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The Pemptousia platform will live-stream all of the Holy and Great Easter Week services from the Cathedral of St. George in the east Athens district of Papagos.

The Holy Light will be transported by plane from Jerusalem to Bucharest this year on Holy Saturday, and then from the airport to parishes around the country, according to the Patriarchate of Romania. The Reverend Archimandrite Theophilos, the representative of the Romanian Patriarchate in the Holy Land, will personally convey the Holy Light. In the…

The first service of the Bridegroom was held at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Palm Sunday afternoon, namely, the Matins of Holy and Great Monday. The service was officiated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, with the attendance of Patriarchal priests, monks and pilgrims from…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, officiated at the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts at the Patriarchal cathedral of St. George – a day earlier – on Holy Monday. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His All Holiness went to the canopy of preparation of the Holy Myrrh, in…