On the afternoon of Monday, March 12/25, 2024, a school ceremony of the Priestly Patriarchal School of Holy Zion took place for the national anniversary of March 25, 1821. The ceremony was organized and performed by the Managing Director of the School, Elder Dragoman Archimandrite Matthaios, the teachers and the students of the School. This…
On Monday, March 12/25, 2024, at 10.30 a.m. a Doxology was held in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on the national anniversary of March 25, 1821. This Doxology was held as a prayer to God for the repose of the souls of the heroes and all the fighters of the holy war of 1821…
The Sunday of the 11th / 24th of March 2024 was celebrated by the Patriarchate as the first Sunday of Lent and as the Sunday of Orthodoxy, that is, as a memory of the restoration of the holy icons after more than a hundred years of unholy and impious persecution against them. This feast was…
On the first Sunday of Lent, 24 March 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden and All Scandinavia presided over the Divine Liturgy at Saint George’s Cathedral in Stockholm, accompanied by Archimandrite Bartholomew Iatridis and Deacon George Arvanitidis. According to the tradition of the Orthodox Church, prior to the dismissal of the Divine Liturgy, a…
On 24 March 2024, Sunday of Orthodoxy, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa presided over the Divine Liturgy and the Procession of the Holy Icons at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Alexandria, accompanied by Metropolitans Panteleimon of Ptolemais, Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod, Narcissus of…
Let us bow our heads in prayer: In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. O Lord of the Powers – be with us this day and every day, as we strive to fulfill Your will in our lives. Grant unto those who serve the Good People…
Let us bow our heads in prayer: In the Name of God, Who asks only that we do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly in the Divine Presence. Amen. We give You thanks and praise, O God, for gathering us together today to invoke Your blessings and mercy upon the noble New York State Assembly….
His Beatitude Patriarch John X sent a letter of condolence to His Holiness Kirill, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, expressing the condolences of the Antiochian Church for the victims of yesterday’s attack targeting Moscow. The letter reads: “At the beginning of the holy Lenten season, the season of sacred mercy, we write to you,…
With the blessing and presence of His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Bishop Moussa (Al-Khoury) officiated the Annunciation Divine Liturgy in Barzeh, attended by several priests and with the presence of His Grace Bishop Romanos (Al-Hannat). During the Sermon, His Beatitude greeted everyone on the occasion of the Annunciation, which marks the beginning of the plan…