First Official Celebration of Saint Nikephoros the Leper
Following the recent Patriarchal and Synodical Act of Declaration of Sainthood of monk Nikephoros, from the village Sirikari, Kisamos, of the Holy Metropolis of Kisamos and Selinon, the first officialJanuary 1st Services at the Phanar
On Monday, December 31, 2012, following Great Vespers at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, His All-Holiness received the Hierarchs of the Throne at the Patriarchal office for the traditional
The Apolytikion of the Forefeast of Theophany in Chinese
Tone Four The river Jordan once turned back before the mantle of Elisha, after Elijah had been taken up into heaven, and the waters were divided on this side andJohn the Forerunner
John the Forerunner, the beginning of the joy-bearing message about the coming of our Christ in the world, ceaselessly preaches the gospel of salvation for about two thousand years: “Brethren,Jordan Turned Back
The Byzantine icon of the baptism is the icon of the Holy Trinity. The Son in the streams of the river. The Spirit of Truth, in the form of a
