On Tuesday, December 7, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch, received Mr. Jonathan Hellewell LVO, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Faith Communities, accompanied by the Ms. Elena Narozanski, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister in the No. 10 Policy Unit, at the Archdiocesan Headquarters….

  The year behind us was remarkable in so many ways, and, much the same, this year’s celebration of our holy father Sebastian of Jackson was no exception. Devotees and pilgrims from his ancestral Herceg Novi, Jackson’s sister city, from his native San Francisco, from Los Angeles, where he founded the first church and served…

Thanks to the kindness of parishioners from two Orthodox parishes in the town of Avrig in Sibiu County, Romania, more than 100 needy children received generous gifts in honor of St. Nicholas’ Day this year. The philanthropic Joy of St. Nicholas campaign, held between November 15 and December 6, gathered clothes, boots, candy, and toys…

The Polish Orthodox Church issued a statement yesterday on the “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence,” commonly known as the Istanbul Convention, noting that while it has praiseworthy elements, it also unfortunately departs from the Biblical conception of mankind, and thus the Church cannot support it. The…

UN Secretary-General’s Message for 2020 Genocide is the most heinous of crimes, encompassing all it touches in a tsunami of hate and destruction. It is an assault on our most fundamental shared values. Today, as we remember and honour the victims of the crime of genocide, let us remember that the imperative to prevent genocide…

On October 29, 2020, Mr. Irakli Savas delivered to HCHC, through President George M. Cantonis, the sum of $300,000 for the establishment of an irrevocable fund to be known as the Savas Seminarian Assistance Fund. The purpose of the fund is to help seminarians in need with housing expenses and other costs that are not…

In the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago the Right Reverend Timothy Bakakos, Chancellor of the Metropolis of Chicago, was ordained to the Episcopacy on Saturday, December 5 at the Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen in Merrillville, Indiana. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided at the service alongside Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta, Metropolitan Nathanael…

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Young people from the Romania-based Orthodox association of “St. Meletios”, which caters to the hearing impaired, were presented this week with gifts conveyed by the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, ahead of Christmas, including the edition “Stories from the Gospels, for Children and Parents”. The initiative is part of the “St. Nicholas in…