On the Second Sunday of Lent, 16 March 2025, in the afternoon, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the Third Lenten Vespers Service which took place at the Church of Saint Dimitrios in Tataoula. The holy sermon was preached by Archimandrite Evgenios Karantzas, Protosyncellus of the Holy Metropolis of Chalcedon. Also present and joined…

A fifty-member group of pilgrims from the Ladies’ Union of Drama – Open Hospitality House, led by the association’s President, Ms Aliki Tsiamoura, visited the Holy Theological School of Halki on Friday, 14 March 2025. The visitors were welcomed by the Abbot, His Grace Bishop Kassianos of Aravissos, in the Great Synod Hall of the…

On Friday afternoon, 14 March 2025, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone with His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. During the conversation, President Zelenskyy briefed the Patriarch on the ongoing negotiations between the United States and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainian President once again expressed his deep gratitude to His All-Holiness for his…

March 15, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America continued his Archpastoral visit to New Orleans, Louisiana. Beginning the day with a working breakfast, he met with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise as well as Louisiana businessman and philanthropist John Georges. Following these meetings, the Archbishop visited the National WWII Museum, where he was offered…

On the eve of the first Sunday of Lent, the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Chicago became a beacon of living faith and Orthodox unity. Faithful from across the metropolitan area, along with their clergy and hierarchs, gathered to venerate the holy icons and participate in a Pan-Orthodox Vespers service…

The Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is set to hold its first priesthood competency exam in early April, assessing future clergy before their ordination. Theological and Canonical Assessment The exam is open to theology graduates specializing in Pastoral Theology, who are spiritual sons of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern…

On Sunday, 16 March 2025, the Second Sunday of Lent, the election of the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania will take place, succeeding the late Archbishop Anastasios, according to an announcement made by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. The election process will be conducted at the Synodal…

The Clean Week gave its turn to the First Sunday of the Great Lent, beginning with Sunday of Orthodoxy. On Sunday morning, the Service of Matins and the Divine Liturgy were celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Seoul, and presided over by Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan. They were co-officiated…

The former Metropolitan Titos of Paramythia, fell asleep in the Lord on Thursday, 13 March 2025, at the age of 94. The Funeral Service will take place at the Cathedral of Saint Donatos of Paramythia on Sunday, 16 March 2025. The local Metropolis issued a relevant statement, which states: “Now if we died with Christ,…