The Romanian Patriarchate will canonize 16 female saints in 2026, as part of the Commemorative Year of Holy Women in the Church Calendar, according to announcements made by Patriarch Daniel on Monday evening during the working session of the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja. A similar number of saints—16—were proclaimed during…

On Saturday, 15th/28th June 2025, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Theophilos III, gave a highly important and interesting interview to the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT), regarding the pilgrimage, pastoral, reconciliatory, and peace-making mission of the Patriarchate from its inception and particularly since the days of the “Achtiname” treaty, agreed between the Holy…

On Monday, 17th/30th June 2025, His Beatitude was visited by the Head of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem (MISSIA), Archimandrite Vassianos, accompanied by Archimandrite Nikon and the nun Seraphima. He invited His Beatitude to attend the upcoming Feast of the Nativity of the Forerunner at the Russian Monastery of the Nativity of the Forerunner…

On Sunday, the 16th/29th of June 2025, upon the completion of one week since the terrorist bombing attack in the Holy Church of the Prophet Elias in Damascus, a Memorial service was held in the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem for the repose of the souls of our Orthodox brethren who were unjustly slain…

On 25-27 June 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Job of Pisidia visited the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros, at the invitation of Volos Academy, to participate in their Summer School. Metropolitan Job delivered lectures on the relations between the Orthodox Church and other Christian Churches, particularly on the contribution of the Orthodox Church to the…

His Beatitude John X, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received France’s condolences for the martyrs of St. Elias Church in Doweila. The condolences were conveyed by His Excellency, the French Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Hervé Magro, and His Excellency the Chargé d’Affaires of the French Embassy in Syria, Mr. Jean-Baptiste Faivre,…

On Friday, the 14th/27th of June 2025, the commemoration of the Holy Prophet Elisha was celebrated by the Patriarchate at the Holy Monastery bearing his name, situated beside the sycomore tree of Zacchaeus in Jericho. Concerning the Prophet Elisha, the Church, drawing from the Old Testament, hands down that he was the son of Shaphat,…

On 29 June 2019, at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady in Sydney, the enthronement ceremony of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia took place with great splendour. On the occasion of the sixth Anniversary of His Eminence’s fruitful pastorate, the Media Office of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia has produced an anniversary…

On Friday, 27 June 2025, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the Church of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified in Nicosia, the seat of the Exarchate of the Patriarchate of Alexandria in Cyprus. The Divine Liturgy commemorated the holy memory of Saint Cyril Lucaris, Patriarch…