On Friday, 4/17 December 2021, the commemoration of the Holy Great Martyr Barbara was celebrated at her chapel within the Monastery of Saint Nickolaos with the Divine Liturgy held by Elder Dragoman Archimandrite Mattheos, under the hospitality of the Hegoumen and renovator of the Hegoumeneion of the Monastery, Archdeacon Mark.         …

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Thursday chaired a session of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Holy Synod in Bucharest, where hierarchs elected the Bishop Nestor as the Bishop of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara.

The Moscow Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, on Thursday commented on this week’s stern announcement, in the Holy Land, by the patriarchs and heads of local Churches of Jerusalem, including the most ancient and venerable of all Christian Primates there, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III. In his reaction,…

Thursday’s online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with members of the Friends of Mount Athos Society in the United Kingdom, was well-attended and held amid a particularly warm atmosphere. The synaxis was livestreamed by the Pemptousia.tv platform, and translated from Greek into…

In the wake of this week’s historic presence of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at a session of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Church of Greece, the Bishop of Oreon, His Grace Filotheos, on Friday referred to the continued fruitful cooperation between Church and state in Greece, cooperation that he said will bear…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Dionysius, Bishop of Aegina, the Wonder-worker of Zakynthos.

The Archdiocese of Timisoara starts its most important project next year. A multifunctional complex for social services and educational, cultural and physical activities will be built in Timisoara. The AfiOM project – Timișoara Philanthropic Multiplex will include a youth centre, a gym, a maternity home for women in pregnancy crisis, a kindergarten and an Orthodox…

Many migrants, mainly Afghans, transit Romania’s western city of Timisoara on their way to the West. The Orthodox Church and local organizations offer them help as winter draws near. His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat has constantly donated hundreds of kilograms of food for migrants. The metropolitan said that he saw Romanians in the same…

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met on Thursday, December 16, 2021, for a working session at the “Patriarch Teoctist” Great Hall of the Palace of the Patriarchate under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The Holy Synod elected by secret ballot His Grace Assistant Bishop Nestor of Hunedoara as new Bishop…