In the context of their residence at the Monastery of Saint George Al-Humeyra, as a means for the Saint John of Damascus Institute of Theology – Balamand to provide better online learning, due to the current health circumstances, on October 4, 2020, His Beatitude Patriarch John X met the Seminarists of the Patriarchate in the…

Yesterday, October 6, during a routine examination, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro of the Serbian Orthodox Church tested positive for the coronavirus. He was therefore sent to a clinic for treatment, reports the press service of the Montenegro Metropolis. “The Metropolitan spent the previous days in home isolation under constant medical supervision,” the report…

  Center for Family Care “Domestic violence is not a family problem. It is a crime that often results in serious injury and death. Although there are nearly 5.3 million partner victimizations each year in the U.S. among women ages 18 and older, resulting in two million injuries and 1,300 deaths, many people in the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Keynote Address, The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the USA Zoom Video Conference October 6, 2020 Your Eminences and Graces, Beloved Brothers in Christ, Dear Co-celebrants in the Holy Spirit, Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice! I greet all of you, Holy Brothers, with these encouraging…

  On September 11-14, 2020, the National Forum of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians convened its Annual Meeting via Zoom. All 40 members of the National Forum’s governing body were present during this virtual meeting, plus a host of additional National Forum stewards. Many for the first time. During the meeting, the election of the National…

The Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has produced three new episodes of its miniseries “A Conversation on Racial Reconciliation,” with Archdeacon John Chryssavgis. The new interviews aim to contribute to the ongoing conversation, in the Church and across the nation, on racism and offer a resource…

NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America received with much joy and gratitude the news from the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew together with the Holy and Sacred Synod accepted the proposal of the Holy Eparchial Synod of our Archdiocese for the election of…

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  The Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week visited the official residence of the Italian ambassador to Russia, Pasquale Terracciano, where the former met with the top envoys of another eight countries in Russia, including Greece’s ambassador in Moscow, Ekaterini Nasika. Hilarion is also the head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external…