The Holy Fire was received at the Tomb of the Lord’s Resurrection in Jerusalem on Saturday, April 19, 2025, at approximately 2:35 p.m. The miracle, a sign of divine love, occurred this year soon after…
The sixteen newly canonized saints proclaimed in the context of the Centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate will also be included in the liturgical calendar of the Orthodox Church of Poland. The decision was approved by…
The new Archbishop of Albania, His Beatitude John, was enthroned on Saturday at the “Resurrection of the Lord” Cathedral in Tirana, during a ceremony attended by members of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church…
The “Saint-Serge” Institute in Paris, one of the world’s most important centers for Orthodox theological research, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The centennial celebration program will begin on May 3 with a conference…
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Albania has elected Metropolitan Joan (Pelushi) of Korçë as the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania. The election process took place on Sunday in Tirana…
On Sunday, Metropolitan Ioannis of Korçë was unanimously elected the new Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and all Albania by the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. On this occasion, His Beatitude Patriarch…
On the eve of the first Sunday of Lent, the Greek Orthodox Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Chicago became a beacon of living faith and Orthodox unity. Faithful from across the metropolitan…
A delegation of Romanian Orthodox hierarchs, priests, and pilgrims traveling through Egypt was received at the patriarchal residence in Cairo by Patriarch Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The delegation included Bishops Nicodim of…
Orthodox bishops in Germany have addressed the faithful through a pastoral letter, emphasizing the spiritual significance of Great Lent: “Our world is marked by wars, crises, and injustices. Many people experience persecution, violence, and fear.…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a catechetical homily for the beginning of the Great Lent, which His Sanctity said was a “blessed period of fasting and repentance, of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord, as…