We would like to inform you that the digital magazine Pemptousia will host an online synaxis, or assembly, from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and Romanian faithful of France, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 1, and beginning at 19.30 local time, or…

Warfare continued for a fifth day around various parts of Ukraine, following an invasion on three to four fronts by Russian forces last week. Ground combat, air raids, and missile attacks continued, causing destruction, pain and loss of life in the country of roughly 44 million people, of which a majority are Orthodox Christians. Only…

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The Church today venerates the memory of Righteous John Cassian, the Confessor. Today is also the feast day of Basil the Confessor, who along with St. Procopius, a fellow ascetic, suffered many torments for the sake of the veneration of the holy icons.

My beloved friends and children, With this message, I take the opportunity of communicating with you, in order to extend my paternal love and blessings during this distressful situation that you are facing with the floods and the “major weather event”. I assure you that we are by your side and share your heartache. You…

This evening, Sunday February 27th, 2022, His Excellency Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, communicated by telephone with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and described the prevailing situation in his country after the military invasion by the Russian Federation. President Zelenskyy expressed his gratitude for the manifestations of support on the part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate…

Dear Youth, On the occasion of the World Day of Orthodox Youth, which is annually celebrated on the great feast of the Church – the Meeting of the Lord on February 2/15, you have gathered in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Białystok, to testify to your prayerful unity in the midst of the relics…

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The third part of a Greek-language mini-series on the life and works of St. Paisios, entitled “From Farasa to the Heavens”, was aired on Thursday evening by Athens-based broadcaster Mega Television. From initial viewer ratings, the third episode recounting the life of the 20th century saint was again first among other all television programming at…