The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, on Wednesday spoke by phone with Greek Deputy FM Andreas Katsaniotis, who holds the expatriate Greeks and ecclesiastical diplomacy portfolio. On his part, the Greek official assured the Patriarch of Jerusalem of Athens’ volition to continue to stand by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Euthymios the Great. Euthymios became “…a vessel of divine utterance,” as a certain historian writes. He was the instructor and elder of St. Savvas the Sanctified. St. Euthymios reposed in the year 473, on Jan. 20.

My beloved Youth Members and friends, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022 May God grant you all health, strong faith, prosperity, success and joy in your hearts! The pandemic is still here but we all have the experience until now how to protect ourselves and continue with our lives until the day that we can go back…

Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria and All Africa had an hour-long meeting today at the Patriarchal Vicariate of Cairo with Archbishop Damianos of Sinai. The Primate of Alexandria discussed with the Archbishop of Sinai issues concerning the Ancient Second Throne Patriarchate and the Holy Archdiocese of the Monastery of St. Catherine of Sinai. At the same…

His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir (Kotlyarov), the ruling hierarch of the St. Petersburg Diocese from 1995 to 2014, then rector emeritus of the Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in St. Petersburg, reposed in the Lord yesterday on the feast of Theophany. He departed to the Lord at the age of 92…

Serbian Orthodox churches in places like Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro are not infrequently attacked and vandalized, and unfortunately, two more such attacks have occurred this week. In Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, vandals desecrated the Church of the Ascension of the Lord, spray painting a derogatory curse word on the wall, reports the…

The Great Hierarchical Vespers on the feast of St. Makarios of Egypt, a feast on which Archbishop Makarios of Australia celebrates his name day, was officiated on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 18, at St. Spyridon’s Church in Kingsford, NSW. Archbishop Makarios of Australia presided over the service, along with their Graces, Bishop Christodoulos of…

A day of dual spiritual joy for the Holy Archdiocese of Australia was January 19, the feast of the memory of St. Makarios of Egypt. Celebrated at the Church of St. Spyridon in Sydney, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia who was celebrating his name day presided over the Divine Liturgy, along with the whole…

On Wednesday 6/19 January 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the Despotic feast of Theophany according to the Status Quo. On the morning of the feast, the Service of the Sanctification of the water was observed at the Catholicon of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, with the…