On the occasion of the feast of the three Hierarchs, Vespers was held in the evening and the Divine Liturgy on the day of the feast, on Monday, January 30/February 12, 2024, in the Holy Church of Saint Basil in the Old City of Jerusalem, where a part the relics of Saint Basil the Great…

Kufr Sumei, Western Galilee The Holy Land February 10, 2024 His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem, presided over a divine liturgy at the newly inaugurated Church of Saints Constantine and Helena in the village of Kufr Sumei, on Saturday morning, February 10th. His Beatitude was accompanied by His Eminence…

On 10 February 2024, the first meeting of this year’s Board of the Interreligious Council of Albania was convened at the Archdiocese of Tirana. Among the leaders of the religious communities present were Bujar Spahiu, President of the Muslim Community of Albania, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania, Angelo Massafra, President…

Michael Psaros, member of the Executive Committee of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, Chairman of the Friends of St. Nicholas and also Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, presented Lauren Green, Fox National News Chief Religion Correspondent, with an icon of St. Nicholas during…

His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas expresses his prayerful support for the restoration of health for His Majesty King Charles III, in light of the recent announcement about the King’s health. His Eminence encourages the parishes and communities of our Archdiocese, and all the faithful, to continue to pray for our King, and for His recovery and…

POST-HUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE International Scientific Conference PHAICON 24 Athens, Greece, Nov. 18 – Nov. 21, 2024, Hotel Divani Caravel Co-organizers Saint Maxim the Greek Institute, Office of the Orthodox Church at the European Union   SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Apostolos Nikolaidis, Professor Emeritus of Sociology of Religion and Social Ethics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Head…

On February 11, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message in observance of World Day of the Sick, highlighting that health is a divine blessing and a gift from God. The message comes in the context of 2024, designated by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church as a Solemn Year of pastoral care…

At the end of January, the St George Romanian parish in Tokyo opened the first Orthodox cemetery in Japan, located in Yamanashi. The parish priest expressed his intent to transport a wooden church from Romania to serve as the cemetery’s chapel. At the conclusion of January, a 1,200-square-meter site was leased for the interment of…

On Sunday, 11 February 2024, The Grand Syncellus of the Great and Holy Church of Christ, Archimandrite Iakovos Krochak conducted the Divine Liturgy which took place in the chapel of Saint Clement of Ancyra, at the Embassy of the Hellenic Republic in Ankara. At the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, the Grand Syncellus, on behalf…