The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, was greeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday...
The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week received the new French ambassador to...
Today, November 21, our Church celebrates the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple. According to the Tradition...
This inaugural video of The Academy of St Juliana focuses on the history of Orthodoxy in the British Isles and...
The Doxology was held today at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens for the celebration of the Armed Forces Day, on...
The new Ambassador of Greece to Ankara, Michael Christos Diamesis, visited yesterday the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Michael Christos Diamesis, who was...
An important new book for the liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in Portugal was recently published. After many years...
A beautiful church in St. Petersburg that was converted into a warehouse and later destroyed by the godless communists...
From holy Scripture we learn that there are two kinds of wealth: one is praiseworthy and the other is blameworthy. The riches of the virtues are laudable whereas those which are material and earthly are to be condemned. This is because the former are held in possession by the soul, whereas the latter are skilled at deceiving our feelings. This is why the Lord forbids us to lay up such treasure, since it’s exposed to moths to feed off and to thieves to attack (Matth. 6, 19). He insists that we should give priority to the superior riches, which the power of decay cannot touch. And when He talks about moths and thieves, He means him who destroys the riches ...
With God’s grace, you will gain your true liberty: you will have power over your mind – not outside...
On Wednesday, November 20, the Ecumenical Patriarch held a meeting with the members of the Permanent Committee on Greeks Abroad...
Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem had a meeting with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Moscow today in the presence...
A custom with ancient roots revives every year in Eleusis, at the sacred site of the Eleusinian Mysteries, where from...
When we went to the island of Samos, we visited the monastery called Harixenou. The abbot was Abba Isidoros, a virtuous man with great love for others and adorned with simplicity and immeasurable obedience. He later became bishop of the town of Sabia and it was he who told us this story. About eight miles from the city, there was a village with a church. The priest there was a wonderful man, who’d been forced into marriage by his parents, against his will. Not only did he avoid falling into the trap of sensual pleasure, even though he was young and was legally married, but he also had his wife living in purity and restraint. Both of them learned the ...
On the 21st of November, the Church celebrates a special Feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, her going to the Temple of Jerusalem. As we know from Holy Tradition, her parents Sts. Joachim and Anna were elderly and beyond child bearing years. After many prayers, God blessed them with a daughter, after which they dedicated her to God. They named her Mary, and when she was three years old they brought her to the Temple of Jerusalem, the original having been built by King Solomon. The young Mary was received into the temple community by the Priest Zacharias (the father of St. John the Baptist, and a relative). It is in this sacred atmosphere of the Temple that the pure ...
Bad talk’s a great evil. It’s a terrible thing for others to hurl themselves at you and besmirch you. It happens. Out of nowhere. Suddenly. Sometimes it’s a fair judgment by God on us; sometimes it isn’t. In the first instance, when we ourselves are to blame because we’d been guilty of wicked actions and activities, attributing to others reproaches similar to those aimed at us, it’s our duty not to dwell on how much we’ve suffered but to make sure we put things to right, including ourselves. Then the torrent of abuse against use will stop. In the event that they speak badly about us and we can’t remember ever having done so to the detriment of others, it’s natural for us ...
Three masked suspected entered the residence of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Saturday evening...
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A procession, blessing ceremony and foundation laying was held in the Black Sea port city of Constanta for the...
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday received a delegation of Abbots and Abbesses...
