His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew was present joined in prayer during the Divine Liturgy which took place on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, 3 March 2024, during which His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Ilia and Oleni officiated from the throne. Also present for the Divine Liturgy were, His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Myra, the…

On Sunday, 24th February 2024, Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided during Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St Nicholas Shepherds Bush along with His Grace Bishop Spyridon of Amastris. They were joined in the service by Revd Protopresbyter Dr…

Sunday, March 3, 2024 marks the conclusion of the 33rd Annual Leadership 100 (L100) Conference, celebrating the endowment’s 40th year of advancing Orthodoxy and Hellenism in America. The Conference began with the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees Meetings on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. In his paternal exhortation, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America remarked,…

Let us pray to the Lord. Kyrie Eleison. O Lord Jesus Christ our God, You have gathered the Leaders of this superb organization together for the sake of ministry and fellowship. We ask your holy blessings on us we bow our heads before you. Grant us gratitude heart and soul for all the blessings with…

His Beatitude Patriarch John X received a delegation from Antioch, including Archimandrite Paulus Orduloglu, his Vicar in Antioch, Mr. Fadi Hurigil, the president of the association, and architect Buse Ceren Gul, at the Patriarchal Headquarters in Balamand. His Beatitude was briefed by the delegation on the general situation and on the reconstruction and relief efforts…

The Hodigitria Convent in Chelyabinsk, Russia, recently received back a precious item from its history. The pectoral cross of the pre-revolutionary Abbess Anastasia (Schapova) was returned to the monastery by the chairman of the national Warriors of the Spirit awards Akhapkin Konstantin Viktorovich, who had purchased it at an antique shop in Moscow in 2005,…

The Synodal Committee formed by His Beatitude Patriarch JOHN X held a meeting to discuss the developments taking place in the Antiochian Archdiocese of North America. This committee consists of Metropolitans: Elias Audé (Beirut), Antonios Souri (Zahlé and Baalbek), Nicolas Baalbaki (Hama), and Athanasius Fahd (Latakia). Its first meeting which took place in Balamand was…

Thanks to the efforts of the Pro-life Department of the Archdiocese of Iași of the Romanian Orthodox Church, a large family with many children will soon have a new house. Andrea and Andrei Rica have 9 children who they are raising “in harmony and faith,” writes Doxologia.ro. The youngest child, Dimitrie, is 3 months old,…

Following an investigation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Sweden, Stockholm authorities have decided not to grant organizational grants to the Church in 2024. Säpo, the Swedish Security Service, “assess that the Russian state is using the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Sweden as a platform for the purpose of conducting intelligence…