Before concluding his three-day pastoral tour in Victoria, His Eminence  Archbishop Makarios of Australia, made a pastoral visit to the faithful of Saint Andrew’s Parish, in the suburb of Sunshine in Melbourne, Victoria. His Eminence went to the Church of Saint Andrew on Sunday afternoon, March 20, 2022, and officiated at the Third Lenten Vespers…

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The Church today venerates the memory of Cyril, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Today is also the feast day of Trophimos & Eukarpion, Monk-martyrs of Nicomedea. Additionally, the Salutations to the Theotokos will be conducted today in Church services at Orthodox cathedrals around the world.

The Pemptousia online platform today will livestream the solemn Service of the Salutations to the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, from the Holy Cathedral of St. George – in the east Athens district of Papagos, beginning at 19.30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT.

A foundation stone was laid in yet another Orthodox church in the central African country of Uganda, with the Bishop of Gulu and North Uganda, His Grace Nektarios, this week officiating at the ceremony and a blessing. The church will be dedicated to St. Catherine.

The Serbian Church’s Metropolitan of Montenegro & the Littoral, His Grace Joannikije, on Thursday detailed recent developments in Church-state relations in the small Adriatic country, speaking during a press interview. His Grace also underlined the Christian charity that the Orthodox faithful in Montenegro should show to Ukrainian refugees, just as they did for the Serbian…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Thursday received the visiting Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer, who is on an official visit to Belgrade. Among others, His Holiness expressed satisfaction over the very good conditions in which the Serbian Orthodox Church’s parishes in Austria operate and minister, thanking the Austrian leader in the process.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday received Poland’s consul general, Witold Lesniak, in the Bosporus metropolis. The meeting took place at the Mother Church’s Phanar district see. The diplomat was accompanied by his wife and two daughters. A lengthy discussion followed, with a particular focus on the situation of…

US President Joe Biden was due to hold an online meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping on Friday afternoon (CET) in order to discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine and “…other issues of mutual concern”, as the White House announced. According to repeated press reports over the past two days, Biden is expected to tell Xi that China…