On the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the invasion of the Turkish military troops in Cyprus, on Saturday, July 21, 2019, Archbishop Makarios of Australia presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady Theotokos in Sydney, which was followed by a wreath laying ceremony at Martin…

US ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt this week acknowledged the importance that Orthodoxy holds for Greek culture and the country’s people, in exclusive statements to the Orthodoxia news agency, while also attesting to Mount Athos’ significance for Orthodoxy and Washington’s standing support for the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Halki seminary. Citing his numerous meetings…

The Archdiocese Department of Stewardship, Outreach & Evangelism announces its next National Conference on Missions & Evangelism to be held Feb. 3-5, 2020 in Columbus, Ohio at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral. This event is made possible by a grant from Leadership 100. The theme of the conference is Leading Change Toward a Healthier Parish and features…

The story of Father Dimitrios, the monk with the voice of an angel, who turned out to be a spy for the British Intelligence Service in pre-World War II Greece, is a fascinating yet relatively unknown chapter in modern Greek history. And that’s a shame, because the mission and wartime actions of the British priest…

At the initiative of the Committee for Youth (Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America)​, a new inter-Orthodox youth workers website has officially launched at www.orthodoxyouth.net. This new site was developed with the cooperation of the Orthodox jurisdictional youth directors and camp directors across the United States.​ The youth directors wanted a central place for the…

On Sunday July 8/21, 2019 the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Glorious Great Martyr Prokopios at the chapel with his grave, located next to the grave of Saint Modestos Patriarch of Jerusalem on Abu-Tor hill opposite the Holy Zion hill in South Jerusalem. Regarding the Holy Martyr Prokopios the Church holds the tradition…

Those who gain God’s grace will gain love and joy, – said Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said in his Sunday sermon. Patriarch preached about the essence of God’s grace in the Holy Trinity Cathedral today. “This is a great power, which is necessary for each person. We must have this grace in our…

On Monday, July 22, 2019, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church will celebrate his 68th birthday. On this occasion, following the working sessions of the Standing Councils of the Bucharest Archdiocese and the Romanian Patriarchate, a Doxology will be officiated at St George’s Chapel of the Patriarchal Residence at 12.00 p.m. to bring…

On July 18, 2019, the commemoration day of St. Sergius of Radonezh the Miracle Worker of All Rus’, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the St. Sergius Laura Monastery of the Holy Trinity’s church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit. The…