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27.03.2020 | 17:40
Târgoviște Archdiocese donates vital sign measuring device to county hospital
The Orthodox Archdiocese of Târgoviște Thursday announced that it has purchased a vital sign measuring device that will be donated to the County Emergency Hospital. Fukuda Denshi’s latest patient monitor DS-8100N cost about 4,343 Euros and will serve the coronavirus patients in Targoviste. The archdiocese’s statement notes that the action “contributes to the national and…
27.03.2020 | 17:26
Special commemorative issue of PHRONEMA journal in memory of late Archbishop Stylianos of Australia
The latest issue of the College’s academic journal, Phronema 35:1 (2020), is dedicated to the blessed memory of Archbishop Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia (1935 – 2019), Founder and Dean of the College (1986 – 2019). It includes a prefatory note by his successor and new Dean of the College, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia; a biography and bibliography…
27.03.2020 | 17:17
Updated statement regarding Liturgical Services across the Metropolis of Chicago
On Sunday, March 22, 2020 the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago made the following statement: As cases of COVID-19 continue to escalate across the nation, the primary aim of the Metropolis of Chicago has been and will continue to be to protect our laypeople, clergy and neighbors from exposure to the virus, while also providing…
27.03.2020 | 15:24
Bulgarian mosaic icon is among the most revered in Nazareth
The Israeli town of Nazareth is often called “The Flower of the Galilee”, and also the town of the Annunciation – the place where Virgin Mary received the good tidings that she had been chosen to give birth to the Son of God. Once Joseph and Mary lived there, and Jesus spent his childhood there…
27.03.2020 | 15:06
A year without the late Archbishop Stylianos of Australia
Archbishop Stylianos of Australia died on 25 March, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. News of his death saddened a large part of the Greek community who will always remember the former archbishop as a fiery hierarch who was, unlike many members of the clergy, not obsessed with conceited extravagance or flashes of wealth….
27.03.2020 | 14:34
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America – Pastoral Letter from H.E. Metropolitan Joseph regarding COVID-19
March 24, 2020 Beloved Faithful in Christ, Greetings and blessings to you and all of your loved ones in the Name of our Great God and Savior, Jesus Christ! As I celebrated liturgy Sunday with a small number of my staff here at our headquarters chapel of St. John Chrysostom, I could not help but…
27.03.2020 | 12:30
Belarusian Orthodox Church doesn’t plan to cancel Easter processions
The Belarusian Orthodox Church does not intend to prohibit religious processions and other festivities due to the spread of coronavirus, head of the Information Department of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (the Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate) Archpriest Sergey Lepin told Interfax. “The church is taking safety measures to prevent the coronavirus epidemic, including by…
27.03.2020 | 11:05
Greek Church leaders request exemption to coronavirus curfew, to hold liturgies behind closed doors
The Greek Church leadership requested an exemption from coronavirus curfew measures in a letter to Education & Religion Ministry officials on Thursday, to carry on liturgies on a normal schedule, behind closed doors. Before the curfew, the government had allowed only emergency services such as funerals, with a restricted number of attendees, and church visits…
27.03.2020 | 10:20
Three Hierarchs Church in Brooklyn Shares Flowers of Hope With Neighborhood
He didn’t want the flowers to go to waste– so Fr. Eugene Pappas thought of a great way to use them while sharing hope with his neighborhood. This past Sunday at Three Hierarchs Greek Orthodox Church in Brooklyn– and churches throughout the world– would have been the Feast of Stavroproskineos, or the veneration of the…
