The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, returned to his office at the Archdiocese on Thursday, following a brief hospital stay and after a successful angioplasty surgery last week.

Turkey’s highest administrative court has essentially handed the decision of whether or not to change the status of the iconic Hagia Sophia to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with Council of State justices failing to issue a definitive ruling on the sensitive matter. Erdogan, along with several of his top ministers and religious extremists in…

The Church today commemorates the deposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos, in Blachernae, near Constantinople, in the late 5th century. Today is also the feast day of Juvenal, Patriarch of Jerusalem

With all the ballots cast over the past week now counted, Russians voted overwhelmingly in favor of a number of constitutional amendments, including the traditional definition of marriage and a reference to faith in God in the preamble to the defining legal document. In the end 77.9% of voters backed the reform package, while 21.3%…

Young people struggle under an incredible amount of pressure: to get the “best” grades, to get into the “right” school, etc. Unfortunately, this pressure persists into adulthood. We are constantly pushed to perform. Sometimes, we even define ourselves (and our worth, as people) by what we do. But the Church offers a different vision. Life…

  New York – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Department of Education is pleased to announce the launch of StaEllinika, a Greek Language learning platform, available to schools and language programs of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The Program is developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs of Greece…

  Every adult remembers where they were on 9-11-01. The day when over 3,000 souls tragically lost their lives, and well over 6,000 were grievously injured. In that very dark day, the light was also extinguished in one of Christ’s churches as St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church was destroyed and buried in rubble. As we…

New York, NY – On June 29, 2020 His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America convened the Spring Meeting of the Archdiocese Council. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, travel and meeting restrictions, and public health concerns, the meeting was held virtually via video conferencing in two separate sessions. The Archdiocese Council meets twice a year…

  The Church today, July 1, venerates the memory of Cosmas & Damian, the Holy Unmercenaries. These two saints hailed from Rome. They were physicians, freely bestowing healing upon beasts and men, asking nothing from the healed other than that they confess and believe in Christ. They ended their life in martyrdom in the year…