Our Holy Archdiocese is pleased to announce the results of the Greek Independence Essay Challenge. The theme of the challenge, which was opened to all Greek Orthodox youth in Canada, was: Why are you proud to be Greek? Many submissions were received from across the country for the two age categories (8-12 and 13-17 year-olds)….

On the Sunday before the Feast of Great and Holy Pascha, the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates one of its most joyous feasts of the year – Palm Sunday. On this day, Greek Orthodox people celebrate the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem by attending church services, receiving crosses made out of palm leaves and dining on…

Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Kostas Vlasis, has sent a hopeful message to the Greek diaspora to mark Greek Orthodox Easter this week. In his message, Mr Vlasis wishes everyone a joyous Easter and expresses his hopes that this Easter will be a new beginning for everyone. “The word Easter means passage. Passage to a new…

Palm Sunday coincided with Anzac Day on Sunday, but despite this Koans came to the sold-out Palm Sunday lunch to celebrate the religious occasion with friends. A traditional meal of fish and calamari followed a delicious fish soup, cooked by the group’s members. Guests had the opportunity to learn the art of Palm Sunday cross-making,…

Great and Holy Tuesday Holy Trinity/Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Staten Island, New York April 26, 2020 My beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, We are now in the midst of our most precious season, and the hymns of the Church alert us as to what is happening in this last week of the Lord’s…

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Palm Sunday marked the first day of operation of the online Pemptousia TV, with the live-streaming of services from the Cathedral of the Life-Giving Spring, in central Athens. Pemptousia TV today will live stream the evening Bridegroom Service or Bridegroom Prayer, revolving around the theme of Christ as the Bridegroom of the Church. The broadcast…

Palm Sunday was celebrated with somberness and contemplation at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I officiated at the Divine Liturgy, conducted at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George, and co-officiated by several Metropolitans of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. Elsewhere, the Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, called…

The Holy Fire will be conveyed to Athens, and by extension, to all of Greece, from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem on Holy Saturday aboard a flight from the Holy Land. Special procedures will be in effect due to the pandemic, and in light of concerns expressed by the Israeli side. The…