Stinging from heightened international condemnation over his decision to convert the iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week used a ceremony for the reopening of the historic Panagia Sumela monastery to announce that “…this year, our Orthodox citizens will be able to hold a service on August 15 at…

The second part of a second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Ephraim, and physicians and healthcare professions, has been posted on the pages of the online magazine Pemptousia.  

Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Jonathan Jackson spoke about his journey to Orthodoxy, and his various artistic works dedicated to the glory of God, including a new award-winning documentary dedicated to St. Joseph the Hesychast, in an interview with the Romanian Orthodox magazine Lumnea Credintei this week. As Jackson revealed, his journey to Orthodoxy began on…

The Church today venerates the memory of Irene, the Righteous Abbess of the Convent of Chrysovalantou of Constantinople in the 9th century. A feature is posted today on the life of St. Irene the Righteous on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.

The historic monastery of Panagia Sumela, near the Black Sea city of Trabzon, which for centuries served as the cradle of Pontian Hellenism, was finally reopened today to the public, after five years of restoration work. The reopening ceremony was held in the presence of the relevant Turkish culture and tourism minister, the latest spectacle…

With the blessings of His Grace Irinej the Bishop of the Serbian Eastern American Diocese, the Department of Christian Education of the Serbian Eastern American Diocese SOC organized a humanitarian action to collect aid for the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija under the name “Let’s warm their hearts.” During this humanitarian action, about 2,000…

In a new interview with the Romanian Orthodox magazine Lumnea Credintei, the Emmy Award-winning actor and singer Jonathan Jackson spoke about his journey to Orthodoxy and his various artistic works dedicated to the glory of God, including the new award-winning documentary dedicated to St. Joseph the Hesychast. As Jackson revealed, his journey to Orthodoxy began…

On 25 July 2020, with a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Archbishop Tikhon, administrator of the Diocese of Berlin and Germany, took part in the memorial services at the Russian Chapel of the Holy Prince Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles on the Vrsic Pass in Slovenia. This year, the ceremony, organized by…

On Friday, 24 July 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy at the Archdiocesan Chapel of the Annunciation. Clergy and laity in attendance joined their prayers with His Eminence for the unity and stability of the Holy Churches of God as well as for…