The newly enthroned Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Porfirije , this week again revisited the issue of the province of Kosovo and Metohija, stressing that there’s no doubt that the latter is part of Serbia. “This not only the cradle of our people, but an ark filled with holy relics of our…

His Beatitude John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received Mr. Alexander Rudakov, the Russian Ambassador in Beirut. The meeting took place in the Patriarchal Residence in Balamand and included an overview of the general situation in Lebanon and the region while confirming the historical relations between Russia and the…

March: Hellenic Heritage Month Let us all celebrate it The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada recognizes and joyously celebrates Hellenic Heritage Month. In December 2019, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed legislation that included a schedule proclaiming the month of March in each year as Hellenic Heritage Month in the Province of Ontario. This important…

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat donated over 250 kilograms of vegetables and fruits for migrants in transit through Timișoara. Flavius Ilioni-Loga, coordinator of the LOGS Group of Social Initiatives, which supports migrants who camp in the area, offered special thanks to His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan, but also to other faith communities in western Romania. “We thank…

The reposed in the Lord Metropolitan of Polyani and Kilkis Emanuel was interred on Wednesday at the Holy Monastery of St. George of the Hill, outside the northern town of Kilkis. An Exodios funeral service was held earlier at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Kilkis, where clergy and the faithful paid…

A professor of Orthodox Spirituality at the Faculty of Theology in Cluj and the youngest Romanian hierarch, Bishop Benedict of Bistrița talked about his relationship with young people after a year in office. His Grace said that the year that passed since his ordination on February 23, 2020, was a time of his definition as…

The Church today venerates the memory of Theodoretos, the Holy Martyr of Antioch. St. Theodoretos was an elder of the Church of Antioch during the tenuous period for Christians under the reign of the Emperor Julian the Apostate.  

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, visited the Jasenovac Monastery on 28 February 2021. With the faithful people, clergy and monks, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch in the sacred family of the Jasenovac monastery was welcomed by His Grace Bishop Jovan of Slavonia. After the doxology in the church of the Holy New Martyrs of Jasenovac,…

Patriarch Porfirije celebrated in Zagreb for the first time and said: I experienced love at every step The Divine Liturgy, the first in the Zagreb Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord since he was elected head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Porfirije Serbian Patriarch served on February 28, 2021, on the Sunday…