Vatopedi Publications has unveiled a Greek-language book authored by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, entitled “The Mystagogy of Prayer, According to the Elder Joseph of Vatopedi”. For more information, please visit the website http://www.vatopedi.gr

The sacrament of the Holy Unction was celebrated on Sunday during con-celebratory events for the Dimitria 2021 commemoration, held at the St. Demetrius Cathedral in the same-name municipality, thus inaugurating eight days of events and celebrations leading up to the feast day of Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki. Με την τέλεση του…

The Holy Council of the Patriarchate of Antioch convened last week in Balamand, Lebanon, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X. Speaking at the conclusion of the Holy Council, His Beatitude noted that “…Lebanon for us is one unified ship that remains only through concerted efforts…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Sunday officiated at services at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, on the occasion of the feast day of Holy New Martyr Peter, Metropolitan of Krutitsa, who was persecuted, exiled and martyred at the hands of the Bolsheviks in 1937. St. Peter Polyansky…

The Archbishop of Durres, Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, called on the faithful not to forget to list their religious affiliation during a census in the Adriatic country next year. His Beatitude officiated at services on Sunday at Cathedral of the Resurrection of the Lord in Tirana. 

Τwo new Metropolitans of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, Metropolitan Platon of Lagada, and Metropolitan Kallinikos of Kastoria, have been ordained after their election by members of the Church’s Holy Synod last Friday. The ordination of another three newly elected Metropolitans is pending, namely, that of His Eminence Bartholomew of Polyanis and Kilkis, Gregory…

The Church today venerates the memory of Philip the Apostle of the 70, one of the seven Deacons. Today is also the feast day of Theophanes the Confessor, Bishop of Nicaea.

Ignorant statements from the President that insult Orthodox Christians only contribute to societal divisions and instability, says the Montenegrin Metropolis of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Church issued a press release yesterday emphasizing that as Milo Đukanović is not merely a citizen but is head of state, the Church is thus “obliged to speak out…

On the 3rd Sunday of Luke (2021.10.10), His Grace Bishop Maximos of Melitene, officiated the Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos, in Wood Green – London, along with Fr. Nikolaos Kokkinos, Fr. Petros Georgiou, and Deacon Victor Ktorakis.   thyateira.org.uk