The Archdiocese Benefits Committee (ABC) is pleased to announce a one-million-dollar grant from the Nicholas J. and Anna K. Bouras Foundation, Inc. to complete a promised pledge from Mr. Bouras prior to his falling asleep in the Lord. This gift is a result of the recent work of the ABC and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese…

  Remarkable Opportunity for Greek-American Students: VIRTUAL Heritage America Washington, DC, May 14, 2021 – The Washington, DC chapter of the National Hellenic Society (NHS) is excited to announce the Sixth Annual NHS Heritage America Program in collaboration with Manatos & Manatos, a leading public policy firm. Once again, this year, the unique program will…

The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival – LAGFF – a festival showcasing films from Greece, Cyprus, and filmmakers of Greek heritage from around the world, will be online and on-demand this year taking place from May 10 – 30, 2021. The 15th LAGFF will proudly present, the exclusive Official Premiere screenings, of Man of God,…

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On Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women 3/16 May 2021, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Church of Ramle Monastery of the Patriarchate. On this feast the Church commemorates Joseph of Arimathaea – present-day Ramle – who was a noble counsellor, accepting and longing for the…

In a letter dated May 13, 2021, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander, offered his congratulations to His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America, noting: “It was with great joy and pride that my wife, HRH Crown Princess Katherine and I received the news that Saint Sava Cathedral received The Lucy G. Moses Award from…

On the feast day of Saint Athanasius the Great, 15 May 2021, His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church dedicated to this great saint in Belgrade’s suburb of Plavi Horizonti. The Patriarch was concelebrated by Diocesan dean protopresbyter-staurophor Bozo Bakajlic, archpriest Milos Stojanovic and Vladan Simic, hieromonk Sava (Bundalo)…

His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch, celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Tuman Monastery, on 16 May 2021, on the Sunday of Myrrh-Bearing Women. The Patriarch was concelebrated by Their Graces Bishops Jovan of Sumadija, Bishop Ignatije of Branicevo and Ilarion of Timok, with the monastics and the clergy from many dioceses. The faithful gathered…

The faithful in the central Greece city of Karditsa over the weekend commemorated the 1923 miraculous ending of a devastating drought in the area, after prayers to hieromartyr Seraphim, Bishop of Fanourion and Neochorion in the early 17th century. The new Martyr Seraphim was horrendously tortured and executed by the occupying Turks after remaining steadfast…