Volunteers from the Romanian Orthodox National Cathedral in Bucharest have been conducting the ongoing “Get Involved! Together We Can Do More!” charitable campaign since March of last year. So far, 330 individual campaigns have been held for the benefit of the elderly, the poor, and families with several children. Most recently, 30 families from three…

On Monday, 26 October / 8 November 2021, an all-night vigil was observed at the Holy Lavra of our Father among the Saints Savvas the Sanctified, on the commemoration of the Holy Glorious Great Martyr Demetrios the myrrh-gusher. The Divine Liturgy was led by His Eminence Archbishop Aristovoulos of Madaba, with co-celebrants the Spiritual Father…

On Monday night, November 8, 2021, the first day of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s return from the United States, President Joe Biden called His All-Holiness to ask about his health and return trip to Constantinople. When the Patriarch thanked him for their recent October 25th meeting at the White House, which had lasted for…

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The Metropolitan of Piraeus, His Eminence Seraphim, this week gave a high-profile television interview, where he referred to the issue of vaccinations for the Covid-19 virus and the strict adherence to public health measures within places of worship. His Eminence underlined that “…all those who oppose vaccination are people who have no relation whatsoever with…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, received the visiting Secretary-General of Hellenes Abroad and Public Diplomacy, Ioannis Chrysoulakis, at the Patriarchate’s see in Alexandria. Talks focused on how cooperation between the Patriarchate of Alexandria and the Greek government can been boosted towards the direction of expanding…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, this week officiated at a Festal Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the feast day celebration of Great Martyr Demetrius, as based on the Julian calendar, at a dedicated cathedral in new Belgrade. In a brief sermon, His Holiness told the assembled faithful that “… the saints of…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, received a phone call from US President Joe Biden on Monday evening, with the American leader expressing his best wishes for the former’s speedy recovery from a stent procedure last week in Manhattan. The Primate of the Mother Church departed from New York City on Sunday…

The Church today venerates the memory of Nektarios the Wonderworker, Bishop of Pentapolis. The online television platform Pemptousia today continued to live-stream the solemn services on the occasion of the feast day of St. Nektarios, from the Saronic island of Aegina, and specifically from the Monastery of the Holy Trinity. A Great Festal Vespers was…