The Ecumenical Patriarchate announces that the President of the Republic of Poland, His Excellency Andrzej Duda, has officially invited His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit his homeland in order to bless, console and strengthen the countless refugees taking shelter in the country following the outbreak of war in Ukraine. His All-Holiness, having also received…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia announces to the faithful of the local Church that Friday, March 25, 2022, marks the third anniversary of the falling asleep of  Archbishop Stylianos of Australia of blessed memory. For this reason, during the Divine Liturgy of March 25, at the celebrating Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos…

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The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Sunday officiated at the Lenten Vespers for Great and Holy Lent, at the cathedral of St. Andrew, in a Melbourne suburb. After the service, Archbishop Makarios addressed the faithful, and expressed his deep emotion over the fact that he is the first Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Australia…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Sunday spoke before a Doxology service at the St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Philadelphia, ahead of the upcoming March 25 Greek Independence Day. In addressing assembled congregants, Archbishop Elpidophoros noted that “…Today is the Chapter-Head of our Salvation. This hymn will inaugurate our Doxology today for the Commemoration…

Elders of the Vatopedi brotherhood, led by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, on Sunday, following the Divine Liturgy, conducted a reverential pilgrimage to the hermitages of Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain, and St. Gregory Palamas, where prayer services were held.

Τhe Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Sunday officiated at the Solemn Vespers of the Third Sunday of Lent, at the Holy Cathedral of St. Sava in Belgrade. His Holiness told gathered congregants that unwavering faith is a prerequisite for our Communion with the Lord.

Ukrainian has leadership flatly rejected a Russian demand for the surrender the southern port city of Mariupol by early Monday morning. In a statement carried by the Associated Press, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk stated that “…There can be no talk of any surrender, laying down of arms.” Instead, Ukrainian officials called on Russia to allow…

The Church today venerates the memory of Philemon. Today is also the feast day of James the Confessor and Thomas I, Patriarch of Constantinople.