The Bulgarian state has allocated nearly $70,000 for necessary restoration work at two historic Church sites. As part of the state’s Preservation of Immovable Cultural Heritage program, the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture decided to allocate $36,200 (58,215 lev) for the restoration of the frescoes at the Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in…

An online event organised by both the Youth Office and the Greek Education Office of the Archdiocese, titled “Pascha in Thyateira – experiences of children from the Paschal services” took place on Sunday the 31st of May. The event was blessed and attended by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain. Young people…

“Unlike years past, we were not able to share a meal together, but I am proud to say that, thanks to the generosity of parishioners from throughout New England, we were able to provide meals to over 6,000 brethren in need.”+ Metropolitan Methodios of Boston 2021 Ministry Awards Announcement 2021 Ministry Awards Sponsorship Form 2021…

This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Steve Christoforou on “Creation and Youth Ministry.” The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation care and sustainability in your parish and home. Ranging…

“Many times, over the recent period, I have stated that the conversion of the Hagia Sophia, along with a similar decision for the Chora Church, caused us great pain and sorrow,” the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, declared in an interview published in a school newspaper of a vocation school in…

When: June 17th 2021 at 7pm ET Topic: “Youth Formation,” presented by Father Demetrios Andrews More info: Fr. Demetrios Andrews is the Executive Director of Project Mexico in Rosarita, Mexico. He will be talking with us about the very special program of Youth formation which takes place at both Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage….

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will preside over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy honoring Saint Bartholomew at the historic Saint Bartholomew Church in Midtown Manhattan on June 11, 2021. Bishop Dean Wolfe, Rector of Saint Bartholomew’s Church, joyfully has extended his blessing to His Eminence for this joyous occasion to take place. St. Bartholomew’s Church…

Video features on the course of the monastic brotherhood of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, from 1987 to 2020, has been posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency and the Pemptousia TV platform.           

US Special Envoy for western Balkans, Matthew Palmer, earlier this week toured the historic Visoki Dečani Monastery in the Kosovo & Metohija province. The US diplomat was received by the Bishop of Raška-Prizren, His Grace Teodosije, who briefed him on the standing problems and threats faced by the Serbian Orthodox Church in the strife-plagued province….