Metropolitan Jeremias of Ankara, a hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, reposed in the Lord on Friday, June 20. He served as a hierarch for 54 years.
Last year, the Romanian Church canonized 16 male martyrs, confessors, and ascetics of the 20th century, and 2026 has already been designated as the Commemorative Year of Holy Women (Myrrh-bearers, Martyrs, ascetics, wives, and mothers), which will be marked by several canonizations.
The ongoing controversy over Greece’s new Personal ID Number (PAI) has intensified within the Greek Orthodox Church, as His Eminence Metropolitan Nektarios of Corfu issued a strong critique of the Holy Synod’s recent decision to approve the digital identification system.
During the All-Night Vigil at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska, last night, Matushka Olga of Alaska was liturgically glorified among the saints.
Thanks to the love and efforts of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Caransebeș, three seriously ill children are able to receive urgent medical treatment abroad.