Wednesday, June 10, 2020 12 – 1 p.m (EST) The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University is delighted to present the second episode of its webinar series highlighting the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity….

  The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of America has worked with OCAMPR through the Mental Health Task Force to develop a series on Mental Health and Orthodox Faith. This is a topic that many of our OCAMPR members have been engaging for years, but we have always been a minority voice in our Church…

New York, NY – At the invitation of the Borough President of Brooklyn, Eric Leroy Adams, and State Senator Andrew Gounardes (New York’s 22nd State Senate District), His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros attended a peaceful protest and march today in Crown Heights, Brooklyn over the killing of Louisville EMT Breonna Taylor. (Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency…

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On Wednesday, May 21/ June 3, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy glorious God-crowned sovereigns and equal to the Apostles, Constantine and Helen, as a feast of the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, since St. Constantine accepted the request of the Archbishop of Jerusalem Makarios at the First Ecumenical Synod in 325 A.D., sent his…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Pappos the Confessor, a fourth century bishop of Cyprus, as well as Lucillian of Byzantium, the 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin. The life and ministry of St. Pappos and the martyrdom of the other saints is found today, in Greek, on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.

The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, presented his vision for religious education in the United Kingdom and Ireland, officially inaugurated a religious education committee. The new committee of the Archdiocese will be responsible for the creation of a formal and standardized religious education ministry for all age-groups.

The Metropolitan of Kananga, His Eminence Theodosios, oversaw his ministry’s distribution of clothing, shoes and toys to children in need in the DR of Congo. The aid was provided from donations by the faithful in the Thessaloniki area, in northern Greece.

The Metropolitan of Syros, His Eminence Dorotheos, led a litany this week of the Holy Icon of the Panaghia Mayiatissa in the main town on the Cyclades island of Folegandros. The annual litany, which is conducted on May 1 to convey the Holy Icon to the Cathedral at Paleokastro dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was…