The Bishop of Melitene, his Grace Maximos, on Sunday officiated at the Orthros service and Divine Liturgy at the celebrating St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Church of Great Yarmouth, in southeast England. The services were co-officiated by the Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne, Fr. Fotios Bithas.

The Patriarchate of Serbia over the weekend again organized the delivery of 100 relief packages to needy families, especially those with many children in the capital of Belgrade. The latest initiative was headed by the Bishop of Hvosno, His Grace Justin, supported by a local supermarket chain and assisted by theology students, part of continuing…

The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Lord in Tirana, where he preached to the faithful that goodness, justice and truth determine the true fruit of the Holy Spirit in our lives.  

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Sunday officiated at a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the celebrating Cathedral of St. Spyridon in Kingsford, Sydney, on the occasion of the feast day of the saint. In a sermon afterwards, His Eminence outlined the historical role and the sacrificial contribution of the Mother Church, while adding:…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as widely reported last week, on Monday morning attended an extraordinary session of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, with the presence of a head of government at the specific session called “historic”. Mitsotakis was accompanied by Education and Religious Affairs Minister Niki Kerameos. The…

The Church today venerates the Martyrs Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes of Greater Armenia.

An explosion occurred at the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple Monastery in the city of Serpukhov, 65 miles south of Moscow, this morning. The perpetrator is a graduate of the Orthodox school located next to the convent. It was intended to be a suicide bombing, though some sources are reporting that doctors managed…

Archimandrite Job (Bandmann) was consecrated as the new Bishop of Stuttgart of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia during the Divine Liturgy at the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City on Friday. The Liturgy, celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion (Kapral), the First Hierarch of ROCOR, together with several other hierarchs…

Thanks to the efforts of the youth of the Serbian Orthodox cathedral in Chicago, dozens of malnourished African children will have enough to eat for an entire year. On Friday, November 26, the old calendar feast of St. John Chrysostom, the teen youth group of Holy Resurrection Cathedral volunteered at Feed My Starving Children, a…