The new online Pemptousia television, which focuses on Orthodoxy, culture and the sciences, will soon debut with live programming, spiritual assemblies, interviews, travelogues, missions, documentaries, serials and assorted other events, as well as special content for children and young people. Users from every corner of the world will have access to a prolific video archive,…

Today is Great Thursday. The Church on this day recalls the Mystical Supper in the Upper Room, where Jesus Christ gave a radically new meaning to the food and drink of the sacred meal. The Eucharist is at the center of Church life. It is the Church’s most profound prayer and principal activity. In the…

It is considered a sacrament of the Church mysteries and is called the Sacrament of Holy Unction. It is always performed in hope of healing the soul and the body. Many Church Fathers and teachers mention this sacrament. The Book of the Twelve Apostles (Didache – second century AD) contains a text about the use…

On Holy Thursday, 16/29 April 2021, the Service of the sacred washing of the Disciples’ feet was observed at the Holy Courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Service began at 9.00 am, immediately after the end of the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil at Saint James Cathedral, which was led by H.H.B….

On Holy Wednesday 15/28 April 2021, the last Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts was officiated at the Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen by His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, with the participation in prayer of the Hagiotaphite Fathers. The Liturgy of the Pre-Sanctified Gifts was also officiated at the Horrendous…

On Holy Wednesday afternoon, 15/28 April 2021, the Sacrament of the Holy Unction was officiated at the Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos with the co-celebration of seven Archbishops according to the order of the Church. The Service was attended by Hagiotaphite Hieromonks, Monks and…

Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Service and Multicultural Affairs, the Honourable Alex Hawke MP, has sent a message to Greek Australians marking Orthodox Easter this week. In his message, Mr Hawke wished everyone a safe and blessed Easter, and took the “opportunity to acknowledge the contributions Orthodox Christian communities have made to keep our nation…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, received the Mayor of Belgrade, Professor Dr. Zoran Radojicic at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade, on April 27, 2021- Serbian Patriarch Porfirije ina cordial conversation with the Mayor of Belgrade emphasized the importance of cooperation between the Serbian Orthodox Church, but also other traditional churches and religious communities, with the…

An Orthodox church in one of the largest cities in Spain was consecrated just in time for Holy Week and Pascha. On April 24, the feast of Lazarus Saturday, His Eminence Archbishop Nestor of Madrid and Lisbon celebrated the Minor Consecration of the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in Zaragoza, reports the Diocese of Spain…