The Metropolitan of Petra and Heronissos, His Eminence Gerasimos, on Monday officiated at the Vespers service at the Cathedral of St. Kalliope, in the city of Aghios Nikolaos, on the eve of the saint’s feast day. A holy relic of the miracle-working saint and martyr was venerated by the faithful throughout the service.    

The Bulgarian Patriarchate’s Bishop of Belogradchik, His Grace Polycarp, this week received in Sofia the visiting Greek Deputy Minister of foreign affairs, Costas Vlasis, who holds the expatriate Greeks’ portfolio. His Grace is an auxiliary Bishop to the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyt. Discussions revolved around issues affecting the Orthodox Church and relations between…

The Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic, the elected Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, this week called on the faithful to refrain from using their mobile phones during Church-going. The newly elected Metropolitan spoke during the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Dani Ostrog. Joanikije referred to what he said was a…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Monday received the visiting chief of the Republic of Cyprus’ National Guard, Lt. Gen. Democritos Zervakis, at the Patriarchal See. In greeting the visiting general staff commander, His Most Divine Beatitude expressed the Alexandria Patriarchate’s gratitude for the support…

The Church today venerates the memory of Kalliope the Martyr, who lived in the second century during the reign of the Emperor Decian.

Thanks to the Sofia Metropolis of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, the Church’s spiritual center for the social rehabilitation and integration of children is home to the most innovative therapy equipment. The center was built on the initiative of the Sofia Metropolitan and the Monastery of St. George the Victorious in Kremikovtsi, outside Sofia. It was…

On Monday, June 7, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received the Very Rev. Archimandrite Anastasios Garaboa for an audience at the Archdiocese in order to congratulate him on the occasion of his new parish assignment at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Demetrios in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His Eminence wished Fr. Anastasios…

Each year the AHEPA Omega Detroit Chapter 371 gives $3,000 to each of five churches in the Detroit metro area where its members are parishioners on the Feast Day of each church’s patron saint. Recent contributions were given on April 23rd to St. George Church, Southgate, MI and on May 21st to the Saints Constantine…

Webinar in Honor of the Feast Day of St. Augustine of Hippo Featuring Dr. John Fotopoulos “Let Us Exercise In the Field of Scripture: The Correspondence between Augustine and Jerome for Orthodox Biblical Scholarship” Tuesday, June 15, 2020 7 – 8 PM (EST) The St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, located in Saint Augustine, Florida…