On Saturday, Germany’s Romanian Metropolitan Serafim welcomed Metropolitan Theoklitos of Stagoi and Meteora, along with a delegation of Greek monks, at the archdiocesan centre in Nuremberg. On this occasion, the Greek hierarch brought for veneration the left hand of St. John Chrysostom, a precious relic from the Monastery of St Varlaam at Meteora. Metropolitan Theoklitos…

Romania’s Vânători-Neamț Natural Park, home to the historic monasteries of Neamț, could become the eighth mixed UNESCO site in Europe. “There are natural sites, and there are cultural sites, but those number in the thousands. However, there are only seven mixed sites in all of Europe. Vânători-Neamț Natural Park could become the eighth. This is…

On Wednesday afternoon of the Third week of Lent, 19 March 2025, His Eminence Metropolitan Prodromos of Rethymno and Avlopotamos travelled to the Holy Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Chalepa, in Milopotamos, where the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified gifts took place. Before the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, the…

Students from the Patriarchate of Alexandria (Zambia – Mozambique) who attend the Ecclesiastical High School – Lyceum of Lamia “Saint Vissarion the Agathonite”, visited His Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, on Thursday at noon. The young people were accompanied by His Eminence Metropolitan Symeon of Phthiotis, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioannis of Zambia…

On 18 March 2025, under the leadership of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church convened in Warsaw for its spring session. Among the key decisions made during the assembly was the canonization of the Katyn Martyrs. Honoring the Katyn Martyrs This…

On 18 March 2025, in Warsaw, under the presidency of His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Warsaw and All Poland, the spring session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Poland was held, with the participation of all the Bishops. The agenda of the Synod covered both external and internal matters….

On 18 March 2025, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria received the Ambassador of the State of Israel to the Republic of Bulgaria, Yosef Levi Sfari. The meeting took place at the Sofia Metropolis headquarters, with the participation of His Grace Bishop Gerasim of Melnik, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod. During the discussion, Patriarch…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a congratulatory letter to the newly inaugurated President of the Hellenic Republic, Mr Konstantinos Tasoulas, on the occasion of his swearing-in and the official assumption of his duties. In his message, the Ecumenical Patriarch expressed his warmest congratulations and heartfelt wishes for the success of President Tasoulas in his…

By the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, His Eminence the Most Reverend Metropolitan Gregorios (Khoury) of Homs and Dependencies, and His Grace Bishop Romanos (Al-Hannat), Patriarchal Vicar, attended the Liturgy of the Presanctified gifts at St. Elijah the Zealot Church in Sahnaya. His Eminence Gregorios then delivered a pastoral spiritual talk on the…