On Sunday, July 13, 2025, the Romanian Orthodox Church will celebrate the Translation of the Holy Relics of Saint Demetrius the New to Bucharest. On this occasion, a series of liturgical events will take place from July 11 to 13, 2025, according to the following schedule: Friday, July 11, 2025 09:00 – 10:45 – Divine…

Photos: Orthodox Observer/Dimitrios Panagos. St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announces the appointment of Archon Carl R. Hollister as Executive Director of St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine in St. Augustine, FL. This appointment will begin in August and follow the retirement of Polexeni Maouris Hillier, who has served…

The Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora, with profound sorrow, announced the passing to the Lord of the emblematic Elder of Meteora, Archimandrite Isidoros Tsiatas, Former-Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam. The funeral service will be held at the Catholicon of the Holy Monastery of Varlaam, on Thursday, 3 July 2025, at 6:30 p.m….

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to make an official two-day visit to Mount Athos on Friday and Saturday – his first official visit to the autonomous monastic community, also known as “Agion Oros” (Holy Mountain), since taking office in 2019. During the visit, the prime minister will travel to Karyes, the administrative center…

On Tuesday, 2 July 2025, the solemn feast of the Deposition of the Precious Robe of the Most Holy Theotokos was celebrated with great reverence at the Holy Church and Healing Spring of Panagia Vlacherna in Constantinople. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Apostolos of Derkoi following the urging of…

The Primate of the Church of Cyprus, His Beatitude Archbishop Georgios, paid a visit to the Greek Orthodox Monastery of Saints Elias the Younger and Philaret the Gardener, in the town of Seminara in Calabria, Italy. The historic, as it was described, visit of the Archbishop of Cyprus to the Monastery of Seminara is part…

A grid-forming battery energy storage system of 3 MW was put into trial operation at the Vatopedi monastery on Mount Athos. The project is part of the green energy transition of the monastic republic in northern Greece. The Sacred Patriarchal and Stavopegial Monastery of Vatopedi, founded in the 10th century, has a microgrid. Engineering, procurement…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Sacred Archdiocese…

On Wednesday, 2 July 2025, the Divine Liturgy took place with spiritual joy at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helene, in Constantinople, where a group of pilgrims from Sydney, Australia were present, led by Father Savas Pizanias. The renowned Stavrodromi Community expressed heartfelt thanks to the devout pilgrims, who, with their presence and prayerful…