Central Macedonia regional governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas headed a meeting on Monday convened to gauge progress in restoring weather-related damages on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos. The damages were the result of particularly heavy thunderstorms on the northern Greece peninsula last month. Tzitzikostas noted that “…we have a debt to protect Mount Athos”. In…

Today, May 19, is Pontian Genocide Remembrance Day in Greece. The day marks the landing of Kemal Αtaturk in the Black Sea port city of Samsun in 1919, for the commencement of what is known in Turkey as the war of independence. For Greek Pontians, however, this event marked the beginning of the second phase of…

Today is the 5th Tuesday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter Sunday. The Church today venerates the memory of Patrick, the Hieromartyr and Bishop of Prusa, present-day Bursa, and His Fellow Martyrs Acacius, Menander, and Polyaenus.

What follows is a story about the uprooting of Greeks from their ancestral homeland in Pontos, the Black Sea coastal region. Greeks began trading here in about 1,000 BC, with the first permanent settlements being established some 200 years later. So this region was as much a part of the Greek world as mainland Greece,…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of Saint George in Bezanija, in Belgrade, on 17 May 2020. The Patriarch was concelebrated by presbyters Vladimir Levicanin and Zelimir Prodanovic, as well as deacons Radomir Vrucinic and Darko Radovanovic. spc.rs

High School graduation is a time-honored tradition. After years of studying, exploring new opportunities and expanding your horizons, thousands of high school seniors anxiously anticipate wearing the cap and gown representing their school colors, processing towards the stage, and receiving their diploma for which they have worked so hard. But, not in 2020. The Coronavirus…

Metropolitan of Pisidia Sotirios This Sunday honors a remarkable missionary, someone who proved to be more than what society thought of her. It is St. Photini (the name means “Enlightened One”), who was the Samaritan woman Jesus met at Jacob’s well, as described in today’s Gospel reading. She was from Samaria, a people the Jews…

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SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICE: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 12:30pm His Eminence, Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey to Lead Prayer Service for the Health of those afflicted from COVID-19 & for the repose of those who have fallen asleep. Submit the names of your loved ones on this Online Prayer Name Submission Page The online prayer…