The NBA’s best defensive player for the 2019-2020 season, Milwaukee Bucks power forward Yannis Antetokounmpo, stressed that “first of all, I’d like to thank God,” during a brief acceptance speech. Antetokounmpo, who was born in Greece to immigrants from Nigeria, has been baptized into the Orthodox faith.   “Without my teammates this wouldn’t be…

  The contest is organized to present the diversity and beauty of Orthodoxy in Finland. Through this contest, which will culminate with an album and an exhibition, we would like to present for wider audience Christian life in Finland. We are looking for images in these categories: Churches (architecture, frescos, crosses, tombs, landscape) People (ordained…

  We often go left and right, we go the way of sin, the way of worldly troubles and anxieties, which burden us. We must always return to the Lord, through tears, through repentance, through prayer and fasting. Thus, the work we are doing here on earth will have a hundredfold fruit and will be…

On the eleventh week after Pentecost, 10/23. August 2020, His Eminence Porfirije, Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana, celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Zagreb Cathedral of the Transfiguration. -The Gospel is the word of God addressed to each of us individually. It tells us what is in accordance with our purpose. Every time we act…

On Thursday, August 27, at 8.30-11.00p.m., Feast of Saint Fanourios, Matins and the Divine Liturgy will be served at the Archdiocesan Chapel, 5 Craven Hill, London W2 3EN. thyateira.org.uk

  Sunday the 23rd of August marked a significant day in the history of the Greek Welfare Centre of South Australia – St Philothei (GWC), with the launch of our Port Pirie/Mid North operations. As one of the primary philanthropic organs of the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide, the GWC’s area of operation encompasses all of…

August 27 marks the celebration of St. Fanourios. The martyr is known for helping the faithful find lost items, whether they be physical objects, or metaphorical ones, such as hope. In honor of St. Fanourios, Greek women typically bake a Fanouropita, or Saint Fanourios Pie, in hopes of find something they have lost. Single women…

To the Clergy of the Metropolis of Atlanta, our 2020 Archangel Michael Honorees, the Parish Council Presidents, Philoptochos Presidents, our beloved Youth: My beloved children in the Lord, I greet you with love and joy in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! As we prepare for the coming Ecclesiastical New Year, I…

At the beginning of the summer, the Finnish Parliament adopted its fourth supplementary budget for 2020, including resources to support parish diaconal services in emergency situations and in this period of recovery from the coronavirus epidemic. On August 5, the Finnish Orthodox Church appealed to the Ministry of Education and Culture with a presentation of…