On the Sunday before the Feast of Great and Holy Pascha and at the beginning of Holy Week, the Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most joyous feasts of the year. Palm Sunday is the commemoration of the Entrance of our Lord into Jerusalem following His glorious miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead.

On the Saturday before Holy Week, the Orthodox Church commemorates a major feast of the year, the miracle of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ when he raised Lazarus from the dead after he had lain in the grave four days.

The Feast of the Annunciation of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary is celebrated on April 7 (March 25) each year. The Feast commemorates the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the Son of God, would become incarnate and enter into this world through her womb.

St. Gregory Palamas the Archbishop of Thessalonica (movable holiday on the 2nd Sunday of the Great Lent).

The Feast of Orthodoxy (also known as the Sunday of Orthodoxy or the Triumph of Orthodoxy) is celebrated on the first Sunday of Great Lent.

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, together with the members of the delegation, including several bishops, went on a visit to Istanbul.

On February 12 (25) the Orthodox Church celebrates the day of the Icon of Our Lady of Iver.

Processes taking place in Kiev once again prove how fragile is peace on the planet.

The Sunday of the Last Judgment is the third Sunday of a three-week period prior to the commencement of Great Lent.

On February 15 (Feb. 2), the Orthodox Church celebrates the commemoration day of the Meeting of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple.