The Telos Project of Hellenic College Holy Cross is reaching out to rally young adults together to help our parishes and communities during COVID-19. Many are already helping our parishes in this new online world, but we can come together to make an even greater difference. Many parishes are worried: parishioners need help. They…
As the country begins to open up, should we be living in fear and anxiety or should we continue to trust that God is in control? Tune in to the last Comfort Food for Families video from the GOA Center for Family Care to hear more. Video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlKsrznSArA&feature=youtu.be To watch the entire series visit:…
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The Church today venerates the memory of Nicephorus the Confessor, an 8th century Patriarch of Constantinople. A feature is posted today on the pages of the diakonima.gr site, on the life, works and teachings of St. Nicephorus.
The Orthodox Christian community in the Munich area is mourning the loss of Bishop Agapitos of the Russian Church in Germany. Bishop Agapitos reposed in the Lord last Thursday after suffering a heart attack. The late Bishop Agapitos was born in Frankfurt in 1955. He studied architecture at Darmstadt University. He became a monk…
Members of the Executive Committee of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States issued a statement regarding the ongoing violence that erupted in many cities around America, and in the wake of the shocking death of African-American George Floyd last week in Minneapolis. The Bishops expressed their dire concern and deep…
The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic visited the church of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste, in the historic north-central Bulgarian city of Veliko Tarnovo, the place of repose of St. Sava the Enlightener, the first Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Orthodox Church. He was accompanied by Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov. In a statement,…
The Orthodox faithful will return to cathedrals and chapels of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Metropolises in Turkey for service attendance, beginning on the upcoming Saturday of Souls, according to an announcement issued by the patriarchate.
The Archdiocese of Athens and the relevant infrastructure and transports ministry will proceed with a memorandum of understanding for the study and construction of a metropolitan ecclesiastical museum, as well as the restoration of the historic building in central Athens that once housed the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, along with the…