June 2, 2020 Beloved Faithful in Christ, Greetings and blessings to you and your families as we prepare for our celebration of Holy Pentecost! As we stand between these two great feasts of the Ascension of our Lord and Holy Pentecost, our festal joy is intermingled with profound sadness and grief. We witnessed the brutal…

  With the cancellation of our Fanari Summer Camp in-person program, we are excited to announced our “Together in Spirit” virtual summer program for campers! When: Begins June 7. Check out our Facebook Event page for scheduled dates and times. https://www.facebook.com/events/232689274722342/ What: virtual events include: song night, bonfires, virtual games, & more Where: via the…

Ombudsperson says the Montenegrin army is violating people’s rights to peaceful assembly by banning officers and soldiers from joining Serbian Orthodox Church protests. Montenegro’s Ombudsperson has accused the armed forces of violating people’s rights to peaceful assembly by banning army officers and soldiers from participating in protests held on behalf of the Serbian Orthodox Church….

Parliament in Romania has amended a recently passed law to exclude mandatory sexual education from school curricula – after the influential Orthodox Church slated it as ‘an attack on children’s innocence’. Romania’s parliament on Wednesday scrapped mandatory “sexual education” in the country’s schools, bowing to pressure from the powerful Romanian Orthodox Church, which called it…

On Monday, June 1, the Junior Board of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago made the following statement: Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Metropolis of Chicago: The past few months have been difficult for all of us as we continue to deal with the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Further testing our strength…

Supreme President George G. Horiates has issued the following statement: The Greek American and African American communities have shared strong ties and moments of history together in America. Young Greek men in the South were taken along with young black men from their jobs by the KKK to lynching “parties” in the woods as a…

  St. Kevin was birthed without labor pains to a noble Leinster family, as a sign that he was the fulfillment of the prophecy of St. Patrick of the one to come who would evangelize the region of Ireland just south of Dublin. He was given the name at birth of Coemgen, which meant “beautiful…

A black soul – the real problem Given what is happening in America, let us know that in the Orthodox church there is absolutely no distinction between people of different colors. Our most splendid example of this is of course St Moses the black i.e. St Moses the Strong. He was dark skinned in body…

  Looking for ways to safely serve your neighbors? Join the @GOA.Ecumenical for the final Love Thy Neighbor webinar on Thursday, June 4 at 6:00 PM ET, featuring International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) (@IOCCRelief), the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society (@philoptochos) and the Giolas Foundation (@Giolas Foundation) Watch the Facebook Livestream on @GOA.Ecumenical or register…