On Monday, His Eminence Archbishop Sophrony of Mogilev and Mistislav of the Belarusian Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Nicholas Convent in Mogilev in honor of the 30th anniversary of the monastery’s revival after the devastating Soviet period. The monastery ensemble is one of the oldest in eastern Belarus. The pearl is the unique…

High quality religious education in schools would help prevent school shootings, believes His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. The Patriarch met with teachers of the foundations of religious cultures and secular ethics in Moscow yesterday. “No matter how much those who are against any mention of religion in school talk about secularism…

On Sunday the 17th of October 2021, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, the Archdiocesan District of Perth celebrated for the first time the Feast of the Synaxis of all Holy Medical Doctor Saints. This is a new feast established on the 21st of July 2021 by the Holy Synod of…

On Monday, October 18, His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, formerly of America, was honored at a celebration highlighting the publication of the Festschrift Evangelist, Shepherd and Teacher: Studies in Honor of Archbishop Demetrios of America by Holy Cross Orthodox Press. The celebration took place at the Maliotis Cultural Center at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox…

St. George Cathedral of Stockholm October 20, 2021 Your Excellencies, Most Honorable Civic, Community and Church Leaders, Members of the Swedish and Hellenic Parliament, Members from the Fields of Arts and Sciences, Esteemed Guests, We express our appreciation to the organizers of tonight’s event and all those who contributed to the presentation of the compositions…

An excerpt of the Greek-language book “Elder Joseph of Vatopedi” has been posted today on the online platform Pemptousia, authored by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The Elder Ephraim recounts the life and works of the reposed Elder Joseph.  

Numerous faithful this week continued to arrive at the Holy Monastery of St. Gerasimos on the Ionian Island of Cephalonia for the commemorative and worshipful events on the occasion of one of the two annual feast days for the revered saint. A con-celebratory Archieratical Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Wednesday at the dedicated cathedral in…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, met with theology instructors, during a meeting organized by the Russian Church’s Synodal Department for Religious Education and Catechization. The session was also attended by the chairman of the specific synodal department, Metropolitan of Yekaterinburg, His Eminence Evgeny, as well as the Russian Federation’s education…

A Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Tuesday morning at the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, in Ramallah, on the occasion of the commemoration of Holy Glorious Apostle Thomas, as based on the Julian calendar. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, later met with Orthodox clerics in the area after…