By the grace of God, and the call of the Great Church of Christ, His Grace Bishop-Elect Ioannis of Phocaea will be ordained to the Holy Episcopacy by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Saturday, December 19, 2020. The ordination will take place at Saint George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway, NJ. Orthros will…

NEW YORK – The Mental Health Task Force of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America accomplished its first major task by publishing a comprehensive and unified Directory of Orthodox Christian Mental Health Professionals. The Directory includes Eastern or Oriental Orthodox Christians verified to be in good sacramental standing by…

  Saint Eleftherios Greek Orthodox Church New York, New York Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am so very pleased to be with you this evening, in this historic community of Saint Eleftherios, where the blesséd Patriarch Athenagoras was enthroned as Archbishop of America. Your Heavenly Patron is the patron Saint of all the…

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The Bishop of Gulu, in Uganda, His Grace Silvestros, on Sunday visited with youth members of the St. Nicholas Orthodox parish in the Namungoona district, outside the capital of Kampala, in order to be briefed over their recent actions to benefit the local community and to promote sustainable development. The latter is an innovative initiative organized…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew, on Monday officiated at a Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the feast of St. Andrew the First-Called, at the cathedral dedicated to the saint in the Galatas district of the Bosporus metropolis. St. Andrew’s Cathedral is a metochion, or glebe, of the Holy and Great…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece will convene on Tuesday, via a teleconference format, in order to discuss the most recent pandemic-related restrictions issued by the Greek government – particularly those affecting Church-going and the holding of services with the presence of worshippers over the coming Christmas, New Year’s…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Martyrs Thyrsus, Leycius and Callinicus   of Asia Minor, as well as and Philemon, Apollonius and Arian of Alexandria.

On December 8, the Russian Orthodox Church signed a deal for the restoration and use of the hospital where the St. Luke (Voino-Yasenetsky) of Simferopol, one of the most beloved saints of the 20th century, labored as a surgeon before the Russian revolution. In particular, the Church’s St. Alexiy Hospital and Moscow and the Department…