Saint Photios National Shrine is proud to unveil its new and improved website! Commenting on the new website, Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Hierarchal Proistamenos, stated, “I am grateful for the contributors to this project. Our website is more navigable, with more access to information and will be continually updated. Users will also find it…

  Since 2017, the Telos Project has been endeavoring to serve and nourish young adults in the Orthodox Church, empowered by its ties with HCHC’s Office of Vocation of Ministry and the Lilly Foundation. In the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic, a sub-initiative of the Telos project was born, called the Telos Parish Outreach Program…

Flipping through an album of travel photos the other day, I recalled lighting a candle at the Taj Mahal a few years after the first Christian Indian Prime Minister decided to grant the temple to the local Church. I admired once again the handmade rugs adorning the floor of the Notre Dame de Paris mosque,…

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THE HOLY EPARCHIAL SYNOD THE GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHDIOCESE OF AMERICA “And Let Our Cry Come Unto Thee” Sunday, July 19, 2020 To the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and…

The Church today venerates the memory of Athenogenes the Holy Martyr of Heracleopolis and his 10 disciples, as well as St. Antiochus, the physician, who achieved the crown martyrdom in the late 3rd century. The life, works and martyrdom of these saints are featured today on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.

The St. Maximus the Greek Institute has unveiled a new musical compilation of songs first performed by legendary singer and actress Sofia Vembo, whose voice is associated with the Greek Army’s victory against Italian fascist forces in the early stages of WWII on the Albanian front. The 12 songs are performed by a chorus of…

The second part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and members of large families, which took place on Saturday, June 27, has been posted on the pages of the Internet magazine Pemptousia and Orthodoxia News Agency.

The Archbishop of Canada, His Eminence Sotirios, on Wednesday issued announcement entitled “Coronavirus and Holy Communion: A Chronicle of Events”. The Archbishop recounts the difficulties, challenges and decisions taken by the Archdiocese of Canada amid the pandemic. The statement was also seen as an attempt to allay the grief expressed by many of the faithful…