The Holy Metropolis of Korea called on the faithful to raise their voice in prayer each evening from 10 to...
In the Middle East, the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude...
As first reported on Thursday, the St. Catherine Sacred Monastery of the God-Trodden Mt. Sinai announced that it will close...
The world’s Orthodox Churches, hierarchs, clerics and elders remain particularly active in global efforts to provide encouragement, hope and comfort...
Alms-giving is a good and God-pleasing virtue, if, at the same time, you make sure you free your heart of pride, wickedness, envy, greed, deceit and the other passions. Unless people make an effort to cleanse their heart and if they put their trust simply in their works of charity, then they’re not much better off. Because what they build with one hand, they knock down with the other.
On Friday, March 20 at noon, the Holy Synod will hold a meeting to discuss issues related to the COVID-19...
In the 3rd Century, a pandemic swept across Italy, Africa, and the Western Roman Empire. In retrospective examination, some scholars...
(MENAFN – Jordan News Agency) Amman – The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem announced a donation of JD50,000 to the...
Israeli authorities have closed the borders for all foreign nationals, except those with permanent residency in the country or the...
Following a decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate to close cathedrals and monasteries under its jurisdiction, the monasteries on Mt. Athos...
Orthodox Churches around the world continued their very active role to reduce the general public’s exposure to the Covid-19 outbreak....
The Church today venerates the Holy Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria, a wedded couple in 3rd century Alexandria, who boldly proclaimed...
Many people are in confusion and others panic because of the threat of the Coronavirus epidemic that spread in the whole world. I think, however, that this should not happen, for whatever God does with us, He does it out of love. The God of Christians is a good God, a God of mercy and lovingkindness, ‘Who loveth mankind’. God created us out of His goodness in order to share His life and even His glory with us. When we fell into sin, He allowed death to enter our life again out of goodness, so that we may not become immortal in our wickedness, but to seek for a way of salvation. Although we have fallen, God has never stopped ...
GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA & ALL AFRICA HOLY METROPOLIS OF ZAMBIA Coronavirus, time to reinforce fraternity, solidarity All faithful...
Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy at the monastery of Zdrebeonik near Danilovgrad on...
In response to the coronavirus epidemic, the churches of the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem held prayer services after Divine...
The best cure for fear at all times is not masks and garlic but love and compassion, says the hierarch...
‘When you come in power to judge the whole world, Word, do not publish my secrets, so that I may praise your great kindness’. (Matins, Ode 9).
With the imposition of extraordinary restrictive measures in Bulgaria, due to the epidemiological situation, on its official website Bulgaria’s Holy...
As the most lenient of judges and referees as regards our contests, Christ maintains the balance between us and our opponents. He steps in against the brutal onslaught of the enemy attacks and ‘as well as the trial’ gives us the strength to gain an outright victory. Without this divine help, the demons would certainly overwhelm us.
