This year’s feast-day of the Holy Spirit was historic for the Greeks of Australia because, for this great feast of the Orthodox Church, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios officiated at the Parish of The Holy Trinity in Surry Hills, Sydney. He thus became the first Archbishop, after almost half a century, to cross the threshold of…

Saturday of Souls June 6, 2020 The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox…

Pentecost 2020 The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey…

June 7, 2020 Greek Orthodox Church of the Assumption Windham, New York Beloved Faithful, Fifty days ago, on the evening of the Holy Pascha, while the Disciples were hiding in the Upper Room, the Lord appeared to them. The Gospel says: Even though the doors were sealed shut, Jesus came and stood in their midst….

On a sad note, on June 7, 2020, His Grace Bishop Silvester has been involved in a serious motor accident. This happened while on his way to St. Nektarios Orthodox Parish, North of Gulu town, after celebrating Pentecost liturgical service at Basil Parish in Gulu town. His condition together with those that were condition is…

This Sunday our Church celebrates her Birthday, in the sense that on the day of Pentecost, fifty days after the life-saving event of Christ’s resurrection, the Holy Spirit “is seen as tongues of fire” and enlightens Christ’s disciples so that they might publicly begin the Apostolic work of the Evangelism of Humanity. The sacred work…

The court hearing in the case of His Grace Bishop Joanikije of Budimlja and Nikšić of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro and eights priests of his diocese will be held June 19 in the city of Nikšić, reports the Metropolis of Montenegro. The clerics are accused of violating article 287 of the Montenegrin criminal…

International Children’s Day, June 1, was celebrated in a special way this year by the Huși Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. On this day, the first three hours of a series of six were gifted to disadvantaged families as part of the “Joy is Home” project that helps needy families with many children receive…

Every year since 2015, the Metropolis of Chicago hosts an annual Archon Business meeting with their local Archons. These meetings, which are held at the St. Iakovos Retreat Center, allow the Archons to review Archon activities for the year, and to discuss topics of importance including, but not limited to, how to better improve their…