Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday received Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Patriarchal residence in Moscow, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of the former’s enthronement on the throne of the Russian Orthodox Church. On his part, Putin expressed his best wishes to Patriarch Kirill, underlining, among others,…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Tuesday received the newly elected Archbishop of Crete Irineos, at the Archdiocese in Athens. 

Speaking from the northeast Aegean isle of Imvros this week, his birthplace, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I issued a message for the consolidation of peace in the world. The Ecumenical Patriarch, stated, among others, that “…Our Church, our Holy See, the Phanar, wishes and prays for peace throughout the universal Creation… war never has any…

The Church today commemorates the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple. A video has been posted on Pemptousia TV of an address by the Metropolitan of Veria, His Eminence Panteleimon, on the occasion of this great feast day.

The church of the “Holy Three Hierarchs” Romanian Parish in La Courneuve – Paris was consecrated last Saturday, on the eve of its patronal feast. The consecration service was officiated in Romanian and French by Romanian Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, who was joined by Archbishop Job of Telmessos (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople),…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday attended the dedication of a new cathedral in the village of Schinoudi, on the northeast Aegean isle of Imvros, his native island. The consecration of the new cathedral, dedicated to St. Tryphonas, came on the saint’s feast day, Feb. 1, and was officiated…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announced two new appointments at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. Beginning on March 1, 2022, V. Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Papazafiropoulos will assume the position of Chancellor of the Archdiocese, and Rev. Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne Elias Villis will assume the position of Chancellor of the Archdiocesan District….

A Holy Vigil will be held this evening at the Mouth Athos glebe of the Ascension, in the east Athens district of Vyronas, on the occasion of Wednesday’s Great Feast Day of Presentation of Christ in the Temple. A morning Orthros and the subsequent Divine Liturgy will be live-streamed by the Pemptousia platform, beginning at…

The Bishop of Mileševa, His Grace Atanasije, met this week with the directors of primary and secondary education in the southwest Serbian region, with both sides agreeing on continued cooperation in order to resolve long-standing problems that plague the education sector in the southeast European country. Educators visited the Bishop on the occasion of his…