On Tuesday, 5/18 January 2022, the Patriarchate celebrated the Forefeast of Theophany. This is feast was celebrated as the commemoration of the baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ by Saint John the Baptist, when “the worship of the Trinity was revealed”, namely the voice of the Father at the Lord’s baptism and the Holy Spirit…

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The St. Anthony’s Greek Orthodox Monastery in Arizona this week celebrated the feast day of Anthony the Great. The monastery was founded in 1995 in the Sonora Desert by the reposed in the Lord Elder Ephraim of Arizona. The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was represented by Bishop Athinagoras, who officiated at the holy…

The president of the Palestinian territories, Mahmoud Abbas, on Monday received Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem. During the meeting, Abbas referred to the recent statements issued by the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem, and affirmed that his state will continue to support the people of Jerusalem, and will protect Christian holy sites. Abbas added…

The Ecumenical Patriarchate, the head of the latter’s liaison office in Athens, Metropolitan Amfilochios of Adrianople, this week tendered his resignation from the post, citing health reasons. The hierarch’s resignation was accepted by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who also thanked the Metropolitan Amfilochios for his services from the given position.  

Orthodox Churches around the world that follow the Julian calendar today celebrate the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The great feast day was celebrated on Jan. 6 under the Gregorian calendar followed by the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece. The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, celebrated the great…

The Church today venerates Makarios the Great of Egypt, as well as Makarios of Alexandria, two renowned ascetics of the early Christian period. Today is also the feast day of Mark, Bishop of Ephesus.

Georgian cultural centre will be launched on a plot of land gifted by Jordan’s royal family to the country, with the location near the baptism site of Jesus Christ marking a “return to the holy land”, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday. Garibashvili revealed the news following a service at Tbilisi’s Holy Trinity Cathedral,…

The Russian version of the book entitled Ukrainskiy tserkovniy vopros (Ukrainian church issue) has come out. It continues a series of books devoted to the Ukrainian schism. Its author is Metropolitan Seraphim of Piraeus, one of the most authoritative hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church, an ardent defender of the interests of the Church, purity…