Recognizing the widespread and increasing emotional and mental health needs of our young people, His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos announced a new initiative for clergy and youth workers to support the mental health and wellness of Metropolis teenagers. The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco is partnering with Faithtree Resources to launch The Relationship Project,…

Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, We are all painfully aware of the devastation brought on by the fires in California that are literally burning from one end of the state to the other. Currently there are over 600 fires which have consumed hundreds of thousands of acres, destroyed countless structures, and have also…

  Metropolis of Chicago launches new, women-led initiative to expand ministries at the parish level The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago announced today the launch of a new initiative, the Order of the Myrrhbearing Women, which seeks to recognize, promote, and amplify the individual and collective voices of women in service of Christ and His Church….

  The Order of Saint Andrew, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, notes with dismay Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision Friday, August 21, 2020 to convert Istanbul’s historic and renowned Church of the Holy Savior in Chora to a mosque, just weeks after converting Hagia Sophia into a mosque as well. This is yet another…

  The Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, located in Saint Augustine, Florida, is delighted to present a special webinar presentation with Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis entitled, “Covid-19 and the Renewal of the Earth,” on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, at 7:00-8:00 PM ET, the Feast of the Indiction. The event is hosted online by the…

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Greece’s education ministry on Monday unveiled the framework of public health measures that will accompany the opening of schools in the country next month. Specifically, the use of masks by pupils and educators will be mandatory on school premises. At the same time, the ministry has still not announced whether the customary start-of-the-academic year blessing…

The Moscow Patriarchate’s finance and economic administration chairman, His Eminence Metropolitan Ignaty of Vologda and Kirillov, met this week with Alexey Emelyanov, the head of the Moscow department for cultural heritage, part of ongoing contacts within the framework of the “Culture of Moscow” program.

  A litany of the holy icon of the Theotokos, the Ever-Virgin Mary, was held at the Church of the Panagia Koumariotissa, in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’s parish of Neochori, on the occasion of Sunday’s Apodosis of the Feast day of the Dormition — exactly nine days after the great feast day, known in…