The Christmas Feast of Sunday, December 25, 2023/January 7, 2024, began with the Descent in the evening from the entrance to the Baptistery and the entrance to the Basilica, presided over by the Most Reverend Metropolitan Isychios of Kapitolias. Then the sequence of Matins began, as written in the Minaion, in the Catholicon of the…

On Saturday, December 24, 2023/January 6, 2024, the Christmas Feast was celebrated in the Patriarchate per the current Status Quo and the Typikon of the Church of Jerusalem as follows: At 11.15 am the Patriarchal Escort from the Patriarchate accompanied by the Israeli Police moved towards Jaffa Gate, where the escort members boarded vehicles and…

In eternal remembrance is the righteous… Blessed Hegoumen of the Holy Monastery of Hozeva Archimandrite Antonios (†1993) This year marks thirty years since the sudden and tragic death of the blessed Hegoumen of the historic Holy Lavra of Hozeva, Archimandrite Antonios. Fr. Antonios Iosifidis from the village of Avles Serbion, Kozani, was born in the…

Thursday, January 4, 2024, marks the 60th anniversary of the blessed repose of Saint Nikephoros the Leper, a holy healer and miracle worker of our times. The Venerable Nikephoros was included in the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church by the resolution of the Holy Synod of July 21, 2021, when the texts of the…

The two great feasts, the Circumcision of the Lord and St. Basil’s the Great feast day were celebrated with the first Divine Liturgy of the New Year 2024 in the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. The New Year 2024, given to us by the charity of God, is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the founding…

On Saturday, 30th December 2023, Catalin Constandis was ordained to the Holy Diaconate at the Church of St John Chrysostom in Cheltenham. His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas celebrated the Divine Liturgy and the Rev. Protopresbyter Christodoulos Christodoulou and Archdeacon Dr. George Tsourous concelebrated with the Archbishop. In his ordination speech, Subdeacon Catalin expressed profound gratitude to…

Visit of Bishop Raphael of Ilion to Keswick On Sunday 31st December 2024, His Grace Bishop Raphael of Ilion presided during Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Parish of St Bega, St Herbert and St Mungo (Braithwaite, Keswick).The V. Revd Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Dr. Antonios Kakalis and the Revd Protopresbyter Christodoulos…

January 5, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America participated in the commencement of the holy celebrations of the Great Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with the blessing of the Fleet at the Sponge Docks in Tarpon Springs, Florida. Archbishop Elpidophoros was joined by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of…

Beloved Co-Celebrants in the Holy Spirit, Archbishop Niketas, Metropolitan Alexios, and Bishop Sebastian, Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We commence the holy celebrations of the Great Feast of the Epiphany of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ with this blessing of the Fleet at these ever-memorable Sponge Docks. It is a moment when the…