His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, condemned today the attempt to burn the Church of Gethsemane in Jerusalem by an Israeli radical. His Beatitude described this attempt as a racist crime that exposes Israeli radical mentality in targeting churches and their properties. His Beatitude said “this radical act is a crime inspired by an…

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The Academy is growing rapidly, together with its children! It has started a new campaign to help remedy its limited capacity issue and to begin construction on a much-needed, permanent new campus. These developments will ensure that Three Hierarchs Academy continues to grow in a sustainable manner, offering an environment of love, founded on Orthodox…

December 3, 2020 Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church Orange, Connecticut Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Tonight, we continue our journey to the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ through three very special days in the life of the Church, which begin with your Heavenly Patroness, Saint Barbara the Great Martyr.It is Barbara whom we…

Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University’s Center for Byzantine Studies, has announced the newly published volume by His Grace Bishop Joachim (Cotsonis) of Amissos, Catalogue of Byzantine Seals at Dumbarton Oaks and in the Fogg Museum of Art, Volume 7: Anonymous, with Bilateral Religious Imagery (Dumbarton Oaks: Washington, DC, 2020). A distinguished and globally recognized Byzantinist, His Grace is…

The Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week honored Russian theology professor emeritus Boris Alexandrovich for his long-standing contributions to the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department of External Church Relations. His Eminence Hilarion, who is the chairman of the Department and a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Moscow,…

A variety of very high-quality videos posted by the Athens-based Foundation of the Hellenic World on its YouTube channel include the documentaries “Hagia Sophia: 1500 years of History” along with the production “Asia Minor: What Time Has not Erased”, as well as numerous other digital audiovisual materials.             

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Friday received visiting Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos at the Patriarchal Monastery of St. Savas the Sanctified, in Alexandria. The Greek minister is in the North African country to observe the final phase of a joint military exercise by…

Deutsche Welle’s Turkish service this week confirmed that UNESCO wants to examine official Turkey’s alterations to the Hagia Sophia and the Chora Church, both World Heritage Sites and iconic Orthodox basilicas that the Erdogan regime reconverted into mosques. DW quoted the online news portal Duvar. The United Nation’s cultural body has said that it wants…