The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Order of AHEPA) will donate $30,000 to an Athens-based research center working to support the public health of the people of Greece in response to the coronavirus pandemic, announced Supreme President George G. Horiates. AHEPA’s donation to the Center for Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO) will contribute to the…

  NEW YORK – Today, May 28, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros participated in the United Nations Virtual Consultation “Global Pledge for Action.” The event was chaired by Ms. Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, High Representative for the UN Alliance of Civilizations, Mr. Adama Dieng, UN Special Adviser…

  Saint Augustine, FL – On Friday, May 29, 2020, the Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine will present its inaugural Commemoration of the Fall of Constantinople online. The online version of this event is presented for all the faithful in place of a planned event at the Saint Photios Shrine that had to be…

The Holy Metropolis of Limassol, on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, continues to broadcast a daily radio program hosted by his Eminence Athanasios, the Metropolitan — part of efforts to offer spiritual and psychological support to the faithful.

Official Turkey dramatically heightened its provocations against Christianity, and especially Orthodoxy, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan himself on Thursday evening announcing that excerpts from the koran and a Muslim prayer service will be held the next day at the Hagia Sophia Cathedral, which more nearly a millennia was the greatest of all cathedrals in…

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The fourth Archontariki from Mount Athos, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will be held on Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Athens time, or 08.00 to 10.30 GMT. Participation by online viewers from around the world for the previous three such sessions…

Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Church of Crete this week issued an encyclical categorically stating that the sacrament of the Holy Communion is non-negotiable. In the unanimously issued statement, the Church of Crete hierarchs reiterated that the all-holy sacrament is based on centuries-long ecclesiastical tradition, and that the Sacred Body and Blood…

The Church today celebrates the Holy Ascension of our Lord. This Feast commemorates the instance when Jesus Christ led His disciples to the Mount of Olives, and after blessing them and asking them to wait for the fulfillment of the promise of the Holy Spirit, He ascended into heaven.