More heartbreaking images from the Turkish-occupied areas of Cyprus came to the limelight this week, showing ruined churches and vandalized cemeteries, nearly half a century after the barbaric Turkish invasion of the island republic and the continued illegal occupation of one-third of the EU member-state’s territory. In a post on the social media account of…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week received best wishes on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of his enthronement on the throne of the Russian Orthodox Church. Among others, His Holiness received congratulations by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and members of the Russian Church’s Holy Synod.

The memory of St. Basil the Confessor was commemorated on Tuesday at the pilgrimage and Church of the Holy Wisdom in the northern Greece metropolis of Thessaloniki, where the saint’s Holy Relics are preserved and were displayed for veneration by the faithful. An Orthros and Divine Liturgy was officiated by Archimandrite Fr. Irineos.

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 opening of the new cathedral, dedicated to St. Tryphonas, came on the saint’s feast day, Feb. 1, and was officiated…

The Church today venerates the memory of Tryphon the Martyr. Today also marks the Forefeast of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple.

Beloved children, I am so very happy to see your shining faces this morning, as we celebrate together Greek Letters and the Feast of the Three Hierarchs, which took place yesterday. Over sixteen hundred years ago, these three great Fathers of the Church – the very best and brightest of their day – made lasting…

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On January 28, 2022, the vernissage of the exhibition “Saint Luke of Crimea” was held at the Agora Diocesan House of the Principality of Monaco. The exhibition, held under the high patronage of the Archbishop of Monaco, is organized by the local community of the Russian Orthodox Church – the parish in honor of the…

On January 30, the rector of the Parish of Christ the Savior in Tagaytay, Priest David Grubbs, after the Divine Liturgy, performed the blessing of the water on Lake Taal. Then parishioners and employees of the Charity and Social Ministry Department of the Philippine-Vietnamese Diocese visited the refugees affected by the eruption of the Taal…