The Church today commemorates the Conception by St. Anna of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary.

The faithful of the Romanian Episcopate of the Orthodox Church in America raised thousands of dollars for relief for victims of Hurricane Ida. The Episcopate reports: During September and October 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Nathaniel appealed to the parishes of the Episcopate to take special collections to assist those who suffered the effects of Hurricane…

The Jerusalem Patriarchate opened a new Orthodox kindergarten and Sunday School building in Jordan on Friday. This is at the second Church kindergarten opened in Jordan this year. The opening ceremony was led by His Eminence Metropolitan Christophoros of Kyriakoupolis, the Board of Trustees of Patriarchate Schools, in the presence of the school’s director Mrs….

In northwestern Tanzania, the Church has plans to strengthen its presence and missionize in an area filled with Catholics, Protestants, and Muslims. According to a report from the Orthodoxia News Agency, the Diocese of Bukoba of the Patriarchate of Alexandria plans to begin construction on the St. Euphemia Missionary Center in the northwestern city of…

On the occasion of the feast of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia was together with the flock of Canberra the last three days. His Eminence presided over the services that took place at the celebrating Parish and also held a series of meetings with officials in the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received Bishop Apostolos of Medeia at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America headquarters. Bishop Apostolos departs for Greece to lead the team that will begin distributing the Greece Fires Relief Fund. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese launched the Fund in Summer 2021, raising over $1 million and partnering with the…

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The Metropolitan of Syros, His Eminence Dorotheos, on Tuesday officiated at festal Vespers commemorating St. Patapios at the Cathedral of Ano Mera on the Cyclades Island of Mykonos, and on the occasion of today’s feast day.

The Moscow Patriarchate’s Protopresbyter Fr. Nikolai Balashov, the deputy chairman of the Department of External Church Relations, on Tuesday toured the under-construction Monastery of St. Matrona of Moscow, which is being built in Bosnia with the blessing of the Serbian Orthodox Church. A Russian Church delegation headed by Fr. Nikolai arrived in the area after…