The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Tuesday, along with other religious leaders, attended the swearing-in ceremony of incumbent President Aleksandr Vucic, held in the national assembly in Belgrade. The Serbian president was elected for a second term.

The pastoral visit of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, to northern Greece concludes this week. Earlier in the morning His All Holiness officiated at a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Panaghia Faneromeni in the coastal town of Nea Michaniona. Several hierarchs of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of…

The Church today celebrates the Apodosis of Pascha, Holy and Great Easter, as the days past from the commemoration of the Resurrection of the Lord are concluding. Today is also the feast day of Justin the Philosopher and Martyr, and his Companions.

On the third day of His pastoral visit to Perth, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia visited St Andrew’s Grammar Day School in Dianella accompanied by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea and school Parish Priest, Fr Terry Gerovasilis. His Eminence was warmly welcomed by Principal Mrs Dawn Clements and was escorted to the gymnasium…

Dear Friend, President McShane, Beloved Brother Hierarchs, Bishop Irinej and Bishop Maxim, Gracious Benefactors and Supporters, Distinguished Professors and Clergy Participants, INVOCATION Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! I greet all of you with our Paschal Salutation, and ask you to join me in prayer: O Good and Ever-Loving God, we give You thanks this day…

St. Augustine, FL: Georgia Giannakakos (age 12) of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Des Plaines, Illinois, was the recipient of the $250 first prize in the 2022 Annual Children’s Drawing Contest of the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine. In conjunction with the annual commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople, the Saint…

EW YORK – On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros welcomed to the Archdiocese the Minister of Defense of Cyprus, Mr. Charalambos Petrides. After the meeting, His Eminence said, “I was delighted and honored to meet today with the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus, the Honorable Charalambos Petrides. We discussed a…

The protopsaltis of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest asked his Facebook followers to remember his family in prayer as they were waiting for confirmation of a difficult diagnosis for Irene, the youngest of the family’s children. On May 18, Archdeacon Mihail Bucă announced that the little girl had been confirmed with acute myeloblastic leukaemia, and…

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