Thanks to a team of iconographers from throughout Romania, images of the great Elder Cleopa and other 20th-century elders now adorn the famous Sihăstria Monastery in Neamț County in northeastern Romania. Led by iconographer Daniel Codrescu, a team of six frescoed the monastery’s recently remodeled entrance tower, painting, among others, images of four great clergymen…

The Life-Giving Spring Romanian Orthodox Parish in Long Valley, New Jersey, has announced the consecration date for its Maramureș-style wooden church built to honour the Centennial of Romania’s Great Union: May 1st. It is the first church in the US built in this style. The foundation was blessed by Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas on…

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople successfully underwent a stent placement at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City yesterday. He is expected to be released today, reports the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The procedure comes at the end of the Patriarch’s visit to America. He was originally scheduled to return to Turkey yesterday, but he…

On Tuesday morning, 20 October/ 2 November 2021, the Member of the European Parliament Mr Emanuel Kefalogiannis visited the Patriarchate, while on a mission in Israel. Mr Kefalogiannis was accompanied by the Consul General of Greece in Jerusalem Mr Evangelos Vlioras and his ex-colleague Mrs Maria Zozonaki. Mr Kefalogiannis was received by our Father and…

In the previous sermon, we established that the believer is united with the resurrected Body of Christ by partaking of the Holy Body and Blood of the Lord in the Divine Eucharist. By this the words of the Lord are fulfilled: “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I…

Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis:    Watch Pemptousia TV Live HERE

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Wednesday gave the online opening address at the 1st International Conference of Greek Orthodox Psaltic Art and Byzantine Music Community.

More than two million meals have been served in just under a decade by the relevant charity of the Holy Metropolis of Chios, Psara and Oinouses, in the eastern Aegean.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias on Tuesday referred to the strong historical and religious ties between the Greek and Serbian people, during his meeting in Athens with his visiting Serbian counterpart Nikola Selakovic. In a statement, Dendias noted that “…this year we are celebrating the 200 years of the modern Greek state – of our…