The Church today venerates the memory of Holy Father Arsenius of Cappadocia. This saint was born in roughly 1840 to poor but very pious and loving parents.
His Beatitude John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East celebrated the Sunday Liturgy at the St. George Al-Humeyra – Patriarchal Monastery in Wadi Al-Nassara. The concelebrants were H.G. Bishop Ephraim Maalouli, Patriarchal Vicar, R.R. Archimandrite Arsenios Dahdal, Abbot of the monastery, with a group of priests and deacons. After the Liturgy, the Patriarch…
Liturgy was led by Fr Julius Orach at St. Lavrentios in Gulu City. St. Nektarios lived in this world just like anyone of us, and with love, faith, forgiving heart and patience, he continued to serve Christ in the Holy Church till his last breath despite the persecutions and slanders he was facing: said Fr…
Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, When travel was easier and I was able to traverse our Metropolis, I had the privilege to encounter Veterans in our parishes. These men and women who had served in our Armed Forces, going back to the Second World War, always inspired me for their selfless dedication to our…
The 154th anniversary of the holocaust of Arkadi was commemorated on Saturday with a special sit-down dinner organised by the Cretan Association of Sydney & New South Wales at the school hall of St Spyridon College. The event, which honoured the over 1,000 Cretan men, women and children who were massacred by the Ottomans in…
On November 7, 2020, the XIV International Festival ‘Russian Diaspora’ opened in online format in the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad. The participants and guests of the film festival was addressed through a video-message of greeting by the head of the Moscow Patriarchate Department for External Church Relations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk. His message…
On November 7, 2020, the XIV International Film Festival ‘Russia Abroad’ was opened at the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad. The festival has been held since 2007 and represents a contest of fiction films and documentaries the aim of which is to introduce viewers to films devoted to the cultural and scientific legacy of…
German Orthodox Christians will celebrate the 1700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council in 2025. The decision to mark the historical event in Nicaea was made at the last meeting of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Germany (OBKD) that took place in October in Bonn. The program of events will most likely be…
Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church Port Washington, New York November 8, 2020 Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am so very pleased to be with you for this magnificent feast of your Patron Saint – the Commander of the Heavenly Host, Michael, whose name – Μιχαήλ, is a question: “Who is like God?” What…