On Sunday afternoon, 21 February / 6 March 2022, just before the beginning of the Holy and Great Lent, the Service of Contrite Vespers was observed at Saint James Cathedral by His Eminence Archbishop Philoumenos of Pella. At the end of the Service, His Eminence read the prayer of forgiveness. Around 5.30 p.m. the Service…

On Sunday, 6th March 2022, at the Holy Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called in Kentish Town, His Grace Bishop of Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided during the First Lenten Great Vespers (Forgiveness Vespers) accompanied by the General Hierarchical Vicar Fr. Konstantinos Garivaldinos, the V. Rev. Archimandrite Fr. Zacharias Zacharou of the Monastery of St. John…

On Wednesday, 9th March 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain attended the London Church Leader’s Meeting hosted at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Family. The gathering of London-based Christian Leaders was addressed by Faiths Minister Kemi Badenoch MP and His Grace Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy….

From the very beginning, the Romanian Patriarchate noted with the utmost concern the beginning of the war in Ukraine, a war launched by Russia against a sovereign and independent state. The Romanian Patriarchate also called for prayer and solidarity to support and assist Ukrainian citizens, refugees in Romania, due to the war. Thus, collections or…

During his pastoral visit to Great Britain, His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe had a meeting with the Ambassador of Romania in London, Her Excellency Laura Popescu, on Friday, March 4, 2022. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Romanian diplomatic mission. “I was happy to meet with His Eminence…

After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Israel welcomed its first Romanian pilgrims on March 1. The first pilgrimage to the holy sites in Jerusalem was organized by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Travel Agency. Romanian pilgrims visited the Monastery of Saint George of Choziba, where the relics of St. John Jacob of Neamţ…

On Monday, the Hungarian Ambassador to Romania was welcomed by Metropolitan Ioan of Banat at the Diocesan Center in Timișoara. Among the topics discussed was the transit of refugees from Ukraine, a common concern of Hungary and Romania. The meeting took place at the request of His Excellency Ambassador Botond Zákonyi, in the context of…

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, at noon on Clean Monday, received the Archpriests of the Ecumenical Throne in Constantinople. The Ecumenical Patriarch exchanged brotherly wishes in mutual forgiveness, on the occasion of the beginning of the Holy and Great Lent. Subsequently, the Ecumenical Patriarch presided over the Great Compline service at the Patriarchal Church. vema.com.au

His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia expresses his deepest sorrow and pain, for the unspeakable devastation caused by the unprecedented floods that have swept through the east of the country, resulting in the deaths of at least twenty people in Queensland and New South Wales, the displacement of thousands from their homes and the incalculable…