Zambia is a country of young people, with the majority of the population under the age of 18 (53.4 per cent). The estimated median age is 16.7 years ,which is one of the lowest in the region and globally. Many of these children are affected by both monetary and non-monetary POVERTY – an estimated 54.5…
Emmy Award-winning actor and musician Jonathan Jackson, an Orthodox convert, has recently moved to Ireland with the main purpose of supporting fundraising for the “Life-Giving Spring and St Chiarain” Monastery in Shannonbridge. The nuns need to pay the last instalment for the property until December 2020. “It was actually the central part of making the…
All parishes are invited to participate in a meeting for Youth and Sunday school directors to be held by district. At these meetings, clergy and core ministry staff will have the opportunity to share their hopes, dreams, concerns, and challenges surrounding youth and young adult ministry. This way, a plan can be developed to better…
On Saturday, September 19, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas will preside over Matins and celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Charalambos in Luton during which the ordination into the diaconate of Mr Panagiotis Somalis will take place. On Sunday, September 20, His Eminence will preside over Matins and the Divine Liturgy at the…
To the Reverend Clergy, the Parish Council Presidents, and Parish Council Officers of the Metropolis of Atlanta: Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, I pray that this message finds you well. Out of pastoral love and guidance, His Eminence has made the decision, in concert with the 2020 Clergy-Laity Congress, to forego Parish…
The All Saints Grammar 2020 graduates were given a special send-off this year by the principal and His Eminence Archbishop Makarios at the All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Belmore. The senior students on Friday were joined by the Principal of the College, Mrs. Eleftheria Lillis, and the priests of the Parish, alongside Archbishop Makarios,…
American actor Jonathan Jackson granted to TRINITAS, the Television of the Romanian Patriarchate, an interview about his conversion to Orthodoxy and how he lives faith. Asked to describe Orthodoxy in three words at most, the actor chose “coming home”. He added: “to a place we’ve always known. I don’t really look at this like I’m…
The life of Saint Paisios is about to become a TV series. Saint Paisios lived most of his life in Konitsa and became a monk in the Holy Monastery of Panagia in Stomion. The shooting in Konitsa has already started, Orthodox Times reports. It is a production of a large company in the film…
The painting of Saint Paphnutius (Pârvu) the Iconographer can be seen in the Negustori Church in Bucharest, dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The place of worship located on Teodor Ştefănescu Street no. 5 was the place where Father Dumitru Stăniloae served in the last 10 years of his life. The fresco of St. Paphnutius was covered…