Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou ‘And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb.’[1] Just before His Passion, the Lord promised the inalienable joy of the Resurrection to His disciples and all those who loved Him, ‘I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy…

A Pious Reflection of Joy-making Sorrow at the Repose of Elder Ephraim of Arizona At moments like these, we feel that we should both be crying and joyous! With tears of contrition! That the only thing proper to these spiritual individuals is contrition and being moved. And, most likely this is the only way for…

The Greek Orthodox Community & Church of Canberra (GOCCC) have been busy restoring their hail-damaged local church to ensure it returns to ‘its former beauty and glory’ when churches reopen to the public. St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Canberra sustained severe hail damage in January 2020 and according to the Community’s President, John Loukadellis,…

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  The online magazine Pemptousia and the Orthodoxia news agency are continuing to live-stream all daily church services this week, conducted in Mount Athos liturgical tradition, from the St. Nicholas church in Porto Lagos, a glebe of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. The live-streaming will continue for as long as churches in Greece…

  The coronavirus pandemic, which is particularly acute in the Trabzon region in the southeast Black Sea coast region, as well as inclement weather, is cited as the cause of an indefinite postponement of the reopening of the iconic Panaghia Soumela Monastery complex. The quintessential symbol of faith for Pontians and Black Sea Hellenism was…

The second online Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was held on Saturday. Clergy and laity from 18 countries and some 120 cities around the world participated, with the total number of people viewing estimated at 4,000. Participants heard the spiritual word…

  The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Sunday cited the role of women, as modern-day Myrrh-Bearers, stressing that “… these are the women who early in the morning stand before the icon of the Savior and pray for the good health of their family, for the health of children and supplicate Him…

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, again cited the tribulation faced by humanity, in the form of the pandemic. His Holiness reiterated a decision by the Holy Synod of the Russian Church to recommend to worshipers that they do not attend the holy services, saying this was one of the…