The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Hamatoura in Lebanon, Abbot Hieromonk Panteleimon, reposed in the Lord on Sunday. The reposed Elder served as the spiritual father of many Arab-speaking Orthodox Christians, and was distinguished his knowledge of Byzantine ecclesiastical music and the psaltic hymn-singing tradition. The reposed Abbot often expressed his love for Mount…

The first place of worship dedicated to St. Kallinikos of Edessa was inaugurated within the northern Greece Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopias. Specifically, His Eminence Metropolitan Joel on Sunday morning officiated at the dedication ceremony of the chapel of St. Kallinikos, in the village of Mesimeri. In June 2020, the Sacred and Holy Synod…

The Patriarchate of Georgia over the weekend again underlined that vaccines against the Covid-19 virus have absolutely no relation to issues of theology, but are, rather, “…an object of science”. The announcement also cited a relevant synodal decision by the Church of Georgia regarding the issue. The Church’s position was again expressed and conveyed to…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, called on all forces in the country to avoid the conflict and tension that often arise in Serbia’s society, in a message on the occasion of the beginning of the Nativity Fast, as based on the Julian calendar. The Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church underlined that as…

The general secretary of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy, New Democracy party MP Maximos Harakopoulos, referred to the demographic shrinkage of the ethnic Greek community in the greater Constantinople area, speaking during a visit by members of the assembly to the Ecumenical Patriarchate — on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of the enthronement of…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Monday received the visiting Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, who arrived for an official visit to Greece over the weekend. The two hierarchs discussed various issues, including the course of the ongoing pandemic, as well as the situation in the…

The Church today venerates the memory of Our Righteous Father Nicholas, Archbishop of Thessolonica. Today is also the feast day of Hieromartyr Philoumenos of Cyprus.

Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta officiated at the Holy Parish of Panagia Soumela, Keilor East, in Melbourne on Saturday, 27th November, the feast-day of St James the Great Martyr of Persia. It was the first Divine Liturgy for His Grace Bishop Evmenios in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote after his ordination to the episcopy. He was…

Normal service was resumed at Darwin’s St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church on Sunday with Father Joel Xanthos back at the helm, NT News reports. According to the newspaper, attendees were tight-lipped about why Father Joel was back but said the service had been cleared by the NT chief health officer and police. This comes after…