An exodios funeral service was held today at the Cathedral of St. Spyridonas in the western city of Messolongi for the reposed Metropolitan of Aetolias and Akarnanias Kosmas, who passed away earlier this week at an Athens hospital’s ICU ward. The beloved hierarch suffered from severe symptoms of the Covid-19 virus and underlying health conditions….

The Church today observes the Forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today is also the feast day of the Synaxis of the 70 Apostles.

The annual New Year’s Day Divine Liturgy commemorating the Circumcision of our Lord and the feast day of Basil the Great, Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, was held on Saturday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyt, in his New Year’s message, extoled the faithful to enter 2022…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the chapel of the Patriarchal residence in Bucharest. In a sermon, His Beatitude focused on the life, preaching and martyrdom of the sacred John the Forerunner, also known as John the Baptist, who ministered at the Mystery of the…

A memorial service in the Holy Land for the Hagiotaphite Fathers of old was observed on Sunday at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, after a Divine Liturgy, which was officiated by Jerusalem Patriarchate’s Metropolitan of Kapitolias, His Eminence Isychios. The memorial service was held for the Patriarchs, High Priests, Priests, Hieromonks, Hierodeacons,…

The Metropolitan of Aetolia & Akarnania Kosmas reposed in the Lord in the early morning hours of Monday. The reposed metropolitan had been treated in an ICU ward at a major Athens hospital for more than a month, suffering from severe Covid-19 symptoms and underlying health conditions. The reposed hierarch had not been vaccinated for…

Today the Church observes the forefeast of the Theophany of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Today is also the feast day of Malachi the Prophet.

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The Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, on Friday heard traditional New Year’s carols by the philharmonic bands of the Cypriot police and national guard at the Archdiocese.