Tag: HOLY

HOLY FRIDAY EPITAPHION SERVICE TO BE CELEBRATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 57 YEARS IN TURKISH OCCUPIED CYPRUS

OCP- April 4, 2014

4/4/14 After a haitus of 57 years, in the part of Cyprus that was occupied by Turks in 1971, the service of the Epitaphion (Burial ... Read More

THE FEAST OF THE VENERATION OF THE HOLY CROSS AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE

OCP- April 4, 2014

March-April 2014 On Sunday the 10th/23rd of March 2014, the feast of the Veneration of the Holy Cross was celebrated by the Patriarchate. Vespers From ... Read More

CONCLUSIONS OF THE 25th PAN-ORTHODOX CONFERENCE OF THE DELEGATES OF ORTHODOX CHURCHES AND HOLY DIOCESES ON MATTERS PERTAINING TO HERESIES AND PARA-RELIGION

OCP- March 26, 2014

March 2014 HELLENIC REPUBLIC THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE CHURCH OF GREECE 14 IOANNOU GENNADIOU STREET, ATHENS (115 21) SYNODICAL COMMITTEE FOR HERESIES 25th PAN-ORTHODOX ... Read More

THE FEAST OF THE HYPAPANTE OF THE LORD AT THE HOLY MONASTERY OF SEYDA NAYA

OCP- February 24, 2014

Jerusalem Patriarchate - 2014 On Saturday the 2nd/15th of February 2014, the feast of the Hypapante (Encounter) of the Lord was celebrated at the Convent ... Read More

INAUGURATION OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE HOLY ARCHANGELS BY POPE THEODOROS II IN MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE

OCP- February 22, 2014

Alexandrian Patriarchate  Archim. Daniel Biazis - February 2014 On Sunday 16th February 2014, the third day of the visit of His Beatitude to the Republic ... Read More

THE FEAST OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF HOZEVA

OCP- January 29, 2014

Jerusalem Patriarchate  On Tuesday the 8th/21st of January 2014, the feast of the Holy Monastery of Hozeva was celebrated. The Monastery is one of the most ... Read More

RECENT DECISIONS OF THE HOLY AND SACRED SYNOD

OCP- December 31, 2013

December 2013 Jerusalem Patriarchate The Holy and Sacred Synod, having recently convened under the presidency of His Beatitude Theophilos, our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, ... Read More

HIS BEATITUDE IN ISMAILIA FOR THE CELEBRATIONS OF THE HOLY CHURCH OF ST MINAS

OCP- November 25, 2013

On Sunday 10th November 2013, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, was in Ismailia, See of the Holy Metropolis ... Read More

SERMON ON THE HOLY APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL

OCP- July 15, 2013

Archpriest Andrew Phillips - 15/7/13 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. There are many myths about ... Read More

RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO RESTORE ORTHODOX HOLY SITES IN KOSOVO

OCP- December 11, 2012

7/12/12 In 2010-2011, the Russian government has voluntarily contributed 2 million US dollars to the UNESCO to finance the restoration of Orthodox holy sites in ... Read More

FEAST OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF ST SAVVAS THE SANCTIFIED IN ALEXANDRIA

OCP- December 8, 2012

On 4th December 2012 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa officiated and preached the homily during Great Vespers at ... Read More

JERUSALEM’S HOLY SEPULCHRE CHURCH WATER BILL ROW ‘RESOLVED’

OCP- November 15, 2012

Amman (Jordan) 15/11/2012 The conflict over unpaid water bills of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been resolved, the spokesman for Patriarch ... Read More

HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH KIRILL MEETS WITH HIS HOLINESS PATRIARCH MAXIM OF BULGARIA AND MEMBERS OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE BULGARIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

OCP- April 28, 2012

DECR Chairman 28/04 /2012 On 27 April 2012, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met and talked with His Holiness Patriarch Maxim ... Read More

THE FIRST CHURCH IN THE WORLD DEDICATED TO THE HOLY NEW MARTYRS AND CONFESSORS OF RUSSIA MARKS ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY

OCP- February 8, 2012

6/2/2012 On Sunday, February 5, 2012, the Synaxis of the Holy New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside ... Read More

HOLY GREAT MARTYR CATHERINE

OCP- December 10, 2011

Moldovan Church 7/12/2011 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into ... Read More

ANNUAL ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES’ CONCELEBRATION OF THE HOLY LITURGY

OCP- November 24, 2011

Oriental Orthodox Churches in USA 24/11/2011 On Saturday November 19, 2011, the Annual Oriental Orthodox Churches’ Concelebration of the Holy Liturgy took place in the ... Read More

HIS HOLINESS PRESIDES OVER 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLY CROSS CHURCH AND 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HOLY CROSS CATHEDRAL IN MONTEBELLO

OCP- October 28, 2011

10/23/2011 LOS ANGELES, ANTELIAS - On the evening of Sunday, October 23, 2011, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I arrived at Holy Cross Cathedral in Montebello ... Read More

NUNS OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF SAINT JOHN THE THEOLOGIST OF THE METROPOLIS OF KALABRYTA AT THE PATRIARCHATE

OCP- October 27, 2011

17/10/2011 On Monday, October 4th / 17th 2011, a twenty-member group of nuns from the Holy Monastery of Saint John the Theologist under their Mother ... Read More

THE HOLY SEE OF CILICIA CELEBRATES THE 16th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ELECTION AND CONSECRATION OF CATHOLICOS ARAM I

OCP- July 6, 2011

07/03/2011 On Sunday 3 July 2011, during Holy Liturgy, a special Thanksgiving Service was held at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, to celebrate ... Read More

THE RELATIONS OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE WITH THE PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM ARE ON THE AGENDA OF THE SESSION OF THE HOLY SYNOD OF THE ROMANIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF 19-20 MAY 2011

OCP- May 10, 2011

10-05-2011 THE PRESS OFFICE OF THE ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE informs us: While referring to the communiqué posted on 9 May 2011 on the official website of ... Read More

FEAST OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF ST SAVVAS THE SANCTIFIED IN ALEXANDRIA

OCP- December 16, 2010

05/12/2010 Alexandrian Patriarchate On 4th December 2010 His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, officiated and preached the homily at ... Read More