Seismic activity continued for a third straight day in the sea region surrounding the autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos. On Monday morning a quake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded in a sea region 23 kilometers south, southwest of the Athos peninsula.

  The first part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with chanters, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. The assembly, or e-synaxis, was held on Sept. 11. 

  The Church today commemorates the recovery of the relics of St. Neophytos of Cyprus. Today is also the feast day of Chariton the Confessor.

  A spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate on Monday underlined that the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, prays for a quick and peaceful resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, which again escalated into an outright military clash over the weekend. According to Vladimir Legoyda, the head of the Synodal Department for…

  Second Nationwide Online-Only Event Offers Humanitarian Outlet amid Pandemic Baltimore, Md. (September 22, 2020) – Following the success of its Virtual 5K in June, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) is holding a Virtual Bike Ride on Saturday, September 26, 2020. With the big day fast approaching, supporters are gearing up to bike the course…

In this Parenting University Webinar, presented by the Metropolis of Chicago Family Synaxis, His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael joins a discussion about how we can make our home a little church, especially during this challenging time.    FEATURED GUESTS Fr. Sotirios Dimitriou Protopresbyter of Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Homer Glen, IL and Spiritual Advisor…

The Greek Orthodox Parish of St Nectarios in Burwood is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of much-loved Saint Nectarios with a series of insightful talks held across Sydney. There will be eight talks in total, four in English and four in Greek, focusing not only on the life of St Nectarios and his…

On Sunday, September 14/27, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the Universal Exaltation of the Sacred Cross. On this Feast the Church commemorates the event that took place after the completion of the construction of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (326-336 A.D.) and after the Consecration Ceremony, on 13th September of the year 336 A.D., when…

On Saturday, September 13/26, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. On this Feast, the Church as a whole, and especially the Church of Jerusalem celebrates the event of the year 336 A.D., when after the completion of the construction of the Church of the Holy…