After an earthquake rocked the island of Crete late last month, one monastery immediately organized the distribution of hundreds of meals daily to help the victims. The Holy Monastery of St. Marina Vóni, located in the center of the island, about 15 miles from Heraklion, now distributes about 550 portions of food daily throughout the…

It’s extremely important for the life of the Church that all Orthodox Christians unequivocally identify themselves as such in next year’s national census, says His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania. The Albanian primate made a call to all Orthodox while serving at the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Tirana on Sunday. In the previous census,…

A bill submitted to the Romanian Senate last month proposes to declare the 15th-16th century leader St. Stephen the Great as a national hero and patron of Romanian culture. The bill would also establish July 2 as a national day dedicated to the saint, reports the Basilica News Agency. St. Stephen reposed in the Lord…

Prot. No. 231/2021 October 17, 2021 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the…

Yesterday, His Beatitude pape and patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Bishop Silvester, Priests and Deacons Traveled with His Company to Nsinze Namutumba District at the parish of St. Spyridon. Later he visited the church of Holy Resurrection in Jinja City. In both parishes the choirs sung…

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The Greek-language book “Holy Knowledge: The Beauty Within”, by the Metropolitan of Nafpaktos & Aghios Vlasios, His Eminence Ierotheos, has been unveiled by Vatopedi Publications. The book was inspired by the synaxes (assemblies) dating from 2015, when His Eminence was invited by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of…

Pilgrims from around Romania are traveling to the Metropolitan Cathedral in the city of Iasi this week on the occasion of Thursday’s feast day of the Righteous Paraskeve of Serbia.

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Wednesday began his pastoral tour of Uganda, beginning from the St. Nicholas Cathedral where he was warmly welcomed by the Elder Archbishop Makarios of Kampala, Bishop of Gulu and Eastern Uganda Silvester and multitudes of faithful. The Patriarch of…