New York, NY – August 3, 2020 — His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, with the leadership of the Friends of St. Nicholas and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, today visited the World Trade Center to witness the resumption of construction of the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox…

On Sunday, July 26, after the Divine Liturgy, the faithful from the parish of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Jeonju visited the site where the new Church and the Community Center are being erected. Everyone was excited by the progress of the work so far. During their visit, the Metropolitan of Korea stated, among…

Academician Dimitrije Stefanovic reposed in the Lord in Belgrade On August 1st, 2020. Dimitrije Stefanović, a musicologist and conductor, long-term expert and connoisseur of Orthodox church music, was born in Pančevo on 25 November 1929. He graduated at the Faculty of Philosophy in Bel- grade (the Department of English and German) in 1955 and at…

On Sunday, July 20/August 2, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Thesbite at his old holy Monastery which is located midway on the central road between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. On this feast Prophet Elijah is alive in the memory of the Church as referred to his apolytikion : “the…

Homily for the Eighth Sunday of Matthew August 2, 2020 Kimisis Tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church Danbury, CT Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I am delighted to be with you today, especially in this period of the Δεκαπενταύγουστο that leads to the celebration of your community’s Feastday, the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother…

Fr John Parker interviews Jonathan Jackson about the Spiritual Life

By the mercy of God Almighty John X Patriarch of Antioch and All the East to My brothers, Pastors of the Holy Church of Antioch My sons and daughters, everywhere across this Apostolic See Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(1) At the beginning of this blessed fast…

It has been 46 years since the Turkish invasion of Cyprus led to the partitioning of the island, the northern third inhabited by Turkish Cypriots and the southern two-thirds by Greek Cypriots, whose government is internationally recognized. The August 1974 ceasefire line became a United Nations buffer zone, along which Cyprus remains divided. The Church…

His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis Arsenije performed the rite of blessing of premises of the newly built laboratory “Fiery Eye”, which will process tests for the Covid 19 virus. The event took place in the city of Nish on July 29, 2020. The laboratory was built next to the Institute of Public Health in…