On June 22, 2021, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, met with a group of students of the Sretensky Theological Academy. The meeting took place at the Ss Cyril and Methodius Institute of Post-Graduate Studies. Participating in the meeting was also Hierodeacon Peter (Akhmatkhanov), staff member…

Hundreds of people from Sydney’s Greek community flocked to the historical Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Paddington on Sunday to enjoy a delicious Greek barbeque fundraiser and witness the recent restorations. The church is known as the first Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Australia and the Southern Hemisphere, and it has even been given State…

On the occasion of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution of 1821 the Office of the Greek Education of the Holy Archdiocese of America, the Chian Federation of New York, the Panchiaki Korais Society and the United Chios Societies of America and Canada are co-organizing a virtual event on Saturday, June…

Please join St. Photios National Shrine this Friday, June 25, at 6:30 PM EST as we restream our award-winning “Greek Landing Day” video which recounts the history of the first documented Greek immigrants to the New World at the New Smyrna Colony near Saint Augustine, Florida in 1768. To support more content like this, please…

Join the (virtual) fun and watch our Metropolis Clergy serve up some of their favorite dishes on June 20, 2021! Registration includes access to the Men In Black: Priests Who Cook series where you will be able to get a first hand look into the kitchens of our Metropolis Clergy. Click here to register! Like…

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A con-celebratory Divine Liturgy was held at the chapel of the Holy Trinity in Paralimni on the Monday of the Holy Spirit this week, with Archimandrite Fr. Avgoustinos officiating.

The Serbian Orthodox Church’s Eparchy of Raska and Prizren, which is located in the Kosovo and Metohija province, this week again pointed to yet more provocations by the Kosovo Albanian authorities against Orthodox faithful. The Orthodox Church in the strife-plagued province again charged that Kosovo Albanians are violating every concept of religious freedom and the…

The standing Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will convene for three consecutive days this week, to deal with  various issues on its agenda, including a draft bill expected to be unveiled shortly by the Greek government, one that affects secondary ecclesiastical academies. The Church has expressed its opposition over any change in…