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His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga presided over divine liturgy to commemorate the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross. It is on this day that the Mission Hospital (Holy Crossing Orthodox Mission Hospital – Namungoona) is also feasting. As the norm is always, the management and staff of the Hospital participated in the liturgical mystery…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Chapel of the Holy Cross at Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in Brookline, MA. On Sunday, September 13, Archbishop Elpidophoros presided over Vespers and at the conclusion of the Service, His Eminence conducted…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America honored the Hellenic College Holy Cross community with a two-day visit September 13 and 14 to celebrate the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. His Eminence, who is Chairman of HCHC’s Board of Trustees, presided at services in Holy Cross Chapel, beginning with Great Vespers on Sunday,…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, speaking on the occasion of the new academic year in the country, referred to the significance of a child’s first years and the education a child should receive from school and parents. The Romania Patriarch spoke during a visit to a new Church-run nursery school in Bucharest,…

Turkey’s powerful Directorate of Religious Affairs, better known as Diyanet, will organize what it bills as an international symposium early next month, provocatively entitled “The Hagia Sophia Mosque”. A relevant announcement by the state-controlled entity says the event aims to “shed light on the history of the Hagia Sophia mosque, and the changes it witnessed,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Euphemia the Great Martyr. St. Euphemia was from Chalcedon and lived in virginity. She suffered martyrdom during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian in the first decade of the 4th century. Her sacred relics are preserved at the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.     An archieratical Divine Liturgy…

On Sept 16, 2020, the U.S. Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia announced that the Jvari Monastery preservation project was selected by Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP). The ongoing preservation works also funded by the U.S. Government will now extend to cover the entire outer sandstone masonry of the building, including all four facades and all…

On Tuesday morning, September 2/15, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos visited the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Ramallah, accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina and Archdeacon Mark, and were welcomed by the Hegoumen Archimandrite Galaktion and the Caretakers of the Community. His Beatitude inspected the…