Hellenic Service Organization Provides Second Round of COVID Relief Funds As we near the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 “shelter in place” orders and business shut-downs in Michigan, the economic impact of the pandemic has radically affected Churches in general and many Michigan Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (GOA) churches have been hard hit. GOA churches are…

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On February 10, the Bulgarian Orthodox Church honors the memory of St. Charalambos the Wonder Worker, Bishop of Magnesia. The legend has it that St. Charalambos is a patron saint of honey and beekeepers and protects people from illnesses. The saint healed his wounds with honey after he was tortured mercilessly in a dungeon. On…

Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church decided that the Assembly, at which a new patriarch will be elected, will be held in the crypt of the Temple of Saint Sava. This possibility was announced earlier by the Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia and the guardian of the patriarchal throne of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Chrysostom, in an…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday referred to the catalytic effect of the Greek language on world culture, as well as its expressive power. The Ecumenical Patriarch made a recorded greeting, broadcast during the online event “Seferis – Elytis: from Greece to the World”. The event was organized by…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, this week received Mr Sevag Avedissian, the chargé d’ affaires of the Republic of Cyprus in Syria. The meeting took place at the Patriarchate House in Damascus on Monday.

The Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation has handed over several early 18th-century icons to Metropolitan Tikhon of Pskov, the abbot of the Pskov Caves Monastery. At the request of His Eminence, a search was undertaken for a number of unique icons that were taken to Germany from the Pskov Diocese during…

Concerns over the Orthodox Christian heritage in the Kosovo-Metohija province were rife this week, only a few days before elections there. The Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Visoki Decani this week issued a plea over social media for the protection of the Serbian spiritual legacy in the province, while also revealing the latest desecration…

The first online synaxis, or assembly, from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, with members of the Society of Mount Athos Friends in the UK, was held on Tuesday evening. As with the previous such assemblies, this synaxis was hosted by the online platform…