OSLO, Norway — On Friday afternoon April 5, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia visited Oslo, where he presided over the third stanza of the Salutations to the Theotokos at the Annunciation Metropolitan Church in Oslo, aided by two Ukrainian clergymen, the Rev. Presbyter Fr. Vitalii Lohvin of the Holy Metropolis…

His Beatitude Patriarch John X received His Excellency the former Lebanese State Minister Nicolas Tueni at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Damascus. Antioch Patriarchate بطريركية أنطاكية وسائر المشرق للروم الأرثوذكس

The Rev. Archimandrite Georges (Yaacob), Abbot of the Patriarchal Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand and the Patriarchal delegate to the faithful of the parishes of Antioch and the Iskenderun District, arrived at Adana Airport. The Patriarchal Vicar, the Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Paulus Orduluoglu, Father John Babas Oglu, and the Başkan Münir balıkçıoğlu welcomed him….

On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, 7 April 2024, in the Holy Metropolis of Zambia, in the capital city of Lusaka, the catechumen Emilia, from China, with exemplary piety, fasting and prayer, received the gifts of the Holy Spirit. With the Sacrament of Baptism, which was performed by His Eminence Metropolitan…

An ancient artifact, missing since German occupation, has been returned to Greece by Hanover’s municipality and the August Kestner Museum, the Greek Culture Ministry announced on Tuesday, 9 April 2024. The artifact, a 620-600 BC three-leaf oinochoe with a lid, resurfaced with inscribed decoration. Initially acquired in 1986, the museum confirmed its illegal removal during…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will participate in the 9th International “Our Ocean Conference”, which will take place from 15 to 17 April 2024 in Athens, at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Mr. Giorgos Gerapetritis, during a press conference for the presentation of the International Conference, pointed…

On Sunday, 7th April 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Wood Green in North London. Among those concelebrating were the Revd Presbyters Petros Georgiou and Andreas Minic, with the Revd Archdeacon Dr…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Archpastoral Exhortation to the Metropolis of New Jersey Clergy Laity Assembly and Philoptochos Convention April 9, 2024 “The Waterfall” – Claymont, Delaware Your Eminence, Metropolitan Apostolos, Beloved Brother in Christ, Very Reverend Nektarios Cottros, Chancellor of the Metropolis, Protopresbyter Kosmas Karavellas, Vicar General of the Metropolis, Protopresbyter George Chioros, President of…

On March 26/April 8, 2024, the day of commemoration of the Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary was celebrated by transference according to the Status Quo in the holy shrine of Gethsemane, in which the Theotokos’ Tomb lies. The feast and the Divine Liturgy were presided over…