The Metropolitan Sotirios of Pisidia reposed in the Lord this week at the age of 93. An exodios funeral service and interment be held at the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior, in Gapyeong, Korea, the country where the reposed hierarch was the Church’s shepherd for many years.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, celebrated his name day today, Friday, a day ahead of the annual June 11 feast day of the Apostle Bartholomew, given that tomorrow coincides with the Saturday of Souls. The celebration of His All Holiness’ name day came in the presence of the visiting Archbishop…

The Church today venerates the memory of Bartholomew and Barnabas, the Holy Apostles.

The priests of the Diocese of Damascus and Rural Damascus concluded the meeting, held with the blessing and presence of their great father, His Beatitude Patriarch John X, in the Patriarchal Monastery of St. George Al-Humeyra, after taking participation in the Divine Liturgy on Thursday morning, June 9. Over the course of the meeting, the…

The 14th Synaxis of the Bishops of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia was held in Sydney on June 7-8, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. The topics which were covered include the celebration of the memory of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle and the name day of the Ecumenical Patriarch throughout Australia….

Constantinople — June 8, marked the start of the fifth Halki Summit conference in Constantinople. This year’s theme is “Sustaining the Future of the Planet Together: the Prophetic Ministry of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew,” and is sponsored in part by generous grants from Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the CR Florence Foundation….

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The Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece this week issued a relevant announcement regarding the recent renewal of Eucharistic communion between the Orthodox world and the now canonical Archbishopric of Ohrid. Hierarchs of the Church of Greece first expressed their satisfaction over the Patriarchal letter conveyed by His All Holiness Bartholomew I, referring to a “calming”…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, this week received the visiting Chief of Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Gen. Konstantinos Floros, who arrived in Israel at the invitation of his Israeli counterpart, Gen. Rav-Aluf. The top Greek military leader toured and prayed at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.