‘By your patience possess your souls,’ (Lk 21:19) Patience is something we often advise others to implement, yet when it comes to its implementation in our own daily lives and challenges we are somewhat hesitant and resistant. Nevertheless, patience (just as all Christian virtues) is a fruit of the Holy Spirit (Gal 5:22-23) and a…

Mitsero, Cyprus, October 12, 2020 Parishioners of Panagia Lampadiotissa Church in Mitsero, Cyprus were horrified on Sunday when they arrived to find their church seriously vandalized. The Panagia Lampadiotissa Church was built in 1966, next to the ruins of an ancient Byzantine church on Mt. Koroni. A cobbled path leads from the church to a…

Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology has announced the appointment of Dr. Diana Demetrulias as HCHC’s Vice President for Academic Affairs and Rev. Dn. Gary Alexander as Vice President for Administrative Affairs. In announcing the appointments, HCHC President George M. Cantonis said, “The creation of these key positions is a major step…

n the occasion of the Patron Saint-day of the Faculty of the Orthodox Theology of the University of Belgrade, His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the side chapel of Saint John the Theologian within the Faculty on 9 October 2020.   spc.rs

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Homily on the Sunday of the Fathers of the 7th Ecumenical Council October 11, 2020 Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Bristol, Connecticut Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am delighted to be with you today, on this Sunday of the Fathers of the Seventh Ecumenical Council. This last…

On Sunday, September 28 / October 11, 2020, His Beatitude the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of the Holy Trinity on the hill of Zion, on the commemoration of Saint Chariton the Confessor and introducer of the monastic life, and of Saint Isaac the Syriac. Co-celebrants to His Beatitude…

Unknown vandals broke into the church in Mitsero in the Nicosia district overnight on Saturday and sprayed icons with five-pointed stars. The door and smaller crosses were also covered with spray paint. Speaking to Sigmalive, community leader Andreas Kyriakou said the police had been informed. “They ruined all the icons with spray paint, I don’t…

Archbishop Chrysostomos has undergone spine surgery in Athens, it was announced on Saturday. A statement from the archbishopric said his doctor at White Cross clinic was satisfied with the results. The operation was carried out on Saturday by the director of the clinic Theologos Theologou along with a specialist neurosurgeon and his team. The 79-year-old…

On October 8, 2020, the day of the passing away of St. Sergius the Abbot of Radonezh, the Chinese Patriarchal Metochion community visited the church of St. Nicholas of Myra in Lycia at the Zdekhovo village, Moscow Region (Patriarchal Metochion) to participate in the Divine Liturgy. One of the side-altars in this church is dedicated…