With journalists, aid workers and U.N. officials largely cut off and local internet and mobile services blocked, much remains unknown about what has been happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray region over the last three months, but accounts emerging from farmers and villagers escaping the fighting between Tigrayan militia and central government forces are not encouraging. U.N….

Read the Encyclical on the Feast of the Three Hierarchs and the Day of Greek Letters by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Prot. No. 18/2021 January 30, 2021   So, from the very beginning, we must examine each of their teachings, to harmonize it with our ultimate purpose, according to the Doric proverb, “testing each stone…

Read the Archdiocese’s statement regarding the grant received from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) to enhance education in Greek language, history, culture, and tradition for students in the United States. The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America’s Department of Greek Education is pleased to announce that it has received a two-year grant from the Stavros Niarchos…

Read the Assembly’s statement regarding the issue of supporting women in crisis pregnancies   Today, as the annual March For Life is held digitally due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America reaffirms the sanctity of life based on the firm conviction that life begins at…

St. Michael Church in a Black Sea coastal town in northeastern Turkey will become a museum that welcomes domestic and foreign tourists in 2021, according to officials. The historical building in Akçaabat town of Trabzon province has been restored and will be used in social and cultural activities by Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry. After…

The Church today commemorates the Synaxis of the Three Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, & John Chrysostom. The common feast of the three great teachers was instituted just before the year 1100, during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Alexis I Comnenos. January 30 is also traditionally celebrated as the day of Greek…

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The feast day of the Three Hierarchs, St Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and St. John Chrystostom, which annually falls on Jan. 30, was celebrated in schools throughout Greece today, on Friday, the last weekday of the week. This trio of saints is considered as among the great ecumenical teachers and influential bishops of…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, issued a message on the occasion of the new academic year on the island continent. Among others, the Archbishop addressed pupils, by saying “…While you are required to maintain social distancing between you and your teachers, the challenge that arises is how to approach spiritually, how to communicate…