With the blessing of the Metropolitan of Zambia, His Eminence John, clerics of the Orthodox metropolis traveled to the Chongwe District to preach the Word of God and the Orthodox faith, with the intent being to establish a new parish.

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday morning officiated at a con-celebratory service at the Church of St. Kyriake, in the downtown Kumkapı district of the Bosporus metropolis. Known in Greek as the Kontoskaliou district, it was one of the best known ethnic Greek communities in past decades. The…

The campaign to fund a new support center for pregnant women managed to raise more than 90% of its goal to set up and operate the center in just two months. Thus, $21,070 of the needed $23,280 have been raised, reports the Basilica News Agency. This is the largest amount ever publicly raised from private…

  New York, NY – Today, July 6, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America reiterated his support of the Archdiocese Benefits Committee (ABC) as they develop a strategy for providing retirement benefits to Clergymen and Lay Employees of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The ABC is a separate entity led by members who…

New York, June 30, 2020—The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) announced the first-ever virtual Greek film festival in the US, to be held July 10-20, 2020. Audiences across the country will have the opportunity to stream ten quality, entertaining Greek films to their devices throughout the US. For many of the films, it will be…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces a new website offering critical resources for “virtual” Summer Camp and Vacation Church School programs. A Camp Committee made up of ministry leaders from across the Archdiocese (and led by Y2AM’s Resources & Training Coordinator Cassandra Garibaldi) has done excellent work compiling Codes of Conduct, how-to’s, and other…

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  The Church today venerates the memory of Sisoes the Great. This saint, great and renowned among the ascetics of Egypt, lived in the fourth century. Today is also the feast day of new monk-martyr Cyril of Hilandar, who achieved martyrdom in 16th century, after the Ottomans burned him at the stake for not renouncing…

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Monday also commented on the spectre of a reconversion of greatest of all cathedrals in eastern Christendom into mosque, saying such demands pose a threat to Christianity. According to Reuters, the Russian Patriarch said “…A threat against Hagia Sophia is a threat to…