His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros will travel to Tarpon Springs this week for the 115th Annual Epiphany celebration. In light of the current pandemic, Archdiocesan officials have been in constant contact with both church and local officials in Tarpon Springs to work cooperatively for a successful, yet subdued, Epiphany celebration. The visit of the Archbishop will…

Assumption Greek Orthodox Church Windham, New York January 3, 2021   Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, Yesterday, we had a beautiful baptism in this Parish. Today, we journey together toward the Baptism and Holy Theophany of our Lord Jesus Christ. Imagine for a moment that you were among those throngs of people who…

The Serbian Orthodox Church to her spiritual children at Christmas, 2020 The Holy Hierarchical Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church With all the Hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, to all the clergy, monastics, and all the sons and daughters of our Holy Church: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and our Lord…

The second group of new members of the cabinet, following a reshuffle, arrived at the presidential mansion to be sworn in at 11:45 on Tuesday, in the presence of President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. As for the first group, before entering the presidential mansion they each did a…

The first six of the new ministers and deputy ministers joining the government or switching portfolios were sworn in by Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece at the presidential mansion on Tuesday at 11:00, in the presence of the President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. The new members…

The online radio platform Pemptousia this week will broadcast the Christmas Eve All-night Vigil – as based on the Julian calendar – from the Catholicos, or main cathedral, of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The broadcast will begin on Wednesday, Jan. 6 and continue into Thursday, Jan. 7, commencing at 9 p.m. Athens…

Hierarchs Porfirije, Gerasim and Nikodim gave words of encouragement and consolation to the victims, and agreed with the priests on the distribution of mobile homes. On January 2, 2021, Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana and Bishops Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac and Nikodim of Dalmatia visited the sites devastated by the earthquake that hit Croatia….

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A thanksgiving service was held at the St. Nedelya Church to mark the 143rd anniversary of Sofia’s Liberation from Ottoman rule. Belogradchik Bishop Polycarp, who led the prayer service, said there would be no liturgical procession this year, which is traditionally held after the service. “But here we will have a prayer for all the…