Authorities throughout Greece will be on high alert for the next several days along major highways, in order to enforce a non-essential intra-state travel ban, given continued restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a related development, members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete late this week called on the faithful…

Today is the 6th Friday of Great Lent, the Friday before Palm Sunday and the commencement of Easter Holy Week. April 23 is annually the feast day of George the Great Martyr and Triumphant, yet due to the ongoing Great Lent, the Great feast day – as per Orthodox ecclesiastical canon – will be celebrated…

His Grace Arsenije, Bishop of Nis and to the Forces, attended joint tactical exercise “Response 2021” at Pasuljanske Livade. His Grace visited also the worship space in field conditions, which was organized by the military chaplain of the 3rd Brigade, Lieutenant Ivan Ganic, and with the assistant from the 31st Infantry Battalion, senior sergeant of…

Patriarch Porfirije: Endowment is one of the greatest virtues of many sons of the Serbian Orthodox people. The Prizren Seminary is maintained with funds provided by the Sima Igumanov Endowment, and 300 pupils and students from Kosovo and Metohija have received scholarships. – After the erection of the monument to Stefan Nemanja and Despot Stefan…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has formed the Advisory Committee on the Charter whose purpose is to solicit feedback and ideas from across the Archdiocese as to the future of the Archdiocese as a whole body of our Church in America. The Committee is chaired by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros and Archon Michael Psaros,…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited with the clergy from the parishes of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Astoria at the Annunciation parish on the Upper West Side. Before the meeting, His Eminence prayed with the fathers during the Great Compline. Orthodox Observer

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco is dedicated to ministry. There is no more appropriate way to put the Gospel into action than through good works. This new video highlights all of the Metropolis ministries, and features each ministry leader sharing their efforts with you. There is something for everyone, so we invite you…

To observe the global celebration of Earth Day, which was first held in 1970, the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical, and Interfaith Relations welcomes its newest addition to the Greening the Parish initiative: The How-to Video Series. Beginning on Earth Day, the Department will be releasing weekly new videos featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation…

As part of its campaign to support Greek schools, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Department of Greek Education is pleased to announce its collaboration with Ellinopoula.com, the award-winning Greek language e-learning platform. Ellinopoula.com is designed to make Greek for kids exciting by integrating games, videos, and thousands of interactive educational activities with Greek history…