Your Eminence, Metropolitan Nathanael, beloved brother in the Lord, Your Grace Bishop Timothy of Hexamilion, Clergy Syndesmos President, Protopresbyter Rick Andrews, Dear Brothers in the One Priesthood of our Lord Jesus Christ, I would like to thank all of you for coming today, and for the gracious and fraternal welcome by His Eminence. This Syndesmos…

July 7, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with the Metropolis of Chicago Clergy Syndesmos for an open forum on the proposed revisions to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s Charter. His Eminence has also recently held virtual meetings with clergy from the Archdiocesan District and the Metropolises of Boston, New Jersey, and Detroit. “In the…

The Evgenios Boulgaris Digital Academy and Pemptousia would like to invite you to join us for a Webinar on Tuesday 11th July 2023 at 07:00 PM Athens time (05:00 pm UK Time) (12:00 PM EST) The webinar will be in ENGLISH LANGUAGE. There will be time for questions and answers after the talk. Join us…

Dozens of catechumens were baptized into Christ at one Ugandan parish over the weekend. On July 1, on the New Calendar feast of the Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian, Bishop Ieronymos of Kampala of the Patriarchate of Alexandria visited the Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian and Kiti to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. The same…

The Albanian Orthodox Church is shocked and disappointed by the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s choice for bishop for its Albanian Diocese of America. Late last month, it was reported that Archimandrite Theophan (Koja), a native Albanian, formerly a priest of the Orthodox Church in America’s Romanian Episcopate, was elected by the Constantinople Holy Synod to replace…

The Georgian Orthodox Church has been holding events throughout the year in honor of the 45th anniversary of the Patriarchal enthronement and the 90th birthday of His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. Pat. Ilia is the most trusted and beloved man in Georgia, and he has overseen the radical rebirth of the Georgian Church during his…

In the Communiqué of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the month of June 2023, we read: The Holy Body examined, with the proposal of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the appeal made by Fr. Ioannis Koval, deposed by the Church of Russia, and, found that the reasons for which he…

On Thursday afternoon, 6 July 2023, on the occasion of the feast day of Saint Kyriaki the Great Martyr, in which the Sacred Spring of the Therapeia Community in Kireçburnu celebrates, in Constantinople, the Vespers of the feast day took place, with the blessing of the five loaves (Artoklasia), which was also presided over by…

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met for its working session at “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula of the Patriarchal Palace on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. The session was chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The Holy Synod elected by secret ballot the Very Reverend Archimandrite Paisie Teodorescu, patriarchal vicar, in the dignity of patriarchal…