Supreme President George G. Horiates has issued the following statement on the sad news of the passing of Eugene T. Rossides, founder of the American Hellenic Institute, who died May 16, 2020. He was 92. “The members of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association deeply mourn the passing of AHEPA Life Member Eugene T. Rossides,…

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  The Metropolitan of Zambia, His Eminence Ioannis, on Sunday officiated at a memorial service at the Metropolitan Cathedral’s side chapel, for the victims of the Pontian Genocide, ahead of Tuesday’s May 19 commemoration of the 101st anniversary of the genocide. With tears in his eyes, the Metropolitan prayed before the holy icon of St….

  The US Commission on international religious freedom, an independent, bipartisan US federal government commission, this month issued its annual report, covering the year 2019. In the report, and specifically referring to predominately Muslim Turkey, the report states that religious freedom conditions in Turkey remained worrisome, with the perpetuation of restrictive and intrusive governmental policies…

  The Russian Orthodox Church over the weekend inaugurated a program whereby clerics can meet and comfort patients in hospitals via an online platform, including patients treated for the coronavirus. The platform and meetings were organized by Moscow Patriarchate’s Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Ministry.

  The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, spoke after the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Tbilisi, on the institution of the family, which was commemorated in the Caucasus country the same day. In his sermon, the Georgian Patriarch noted that “today we celebrate…

  The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, issued a plea for donations for one of the Church’s faithful, Dimitris Garbas, who is battling with muscular sclerosis since September 2017. The goal of a fund-raising campaign is to send Dimitris to Russia for treatment that involves stem cell transplantation, which reportedly features a success rate…

  In his Homily on the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman, the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, referred to two important commemorations on Sunday, citing the annual AHEPA Sunday and the Pontian Genocide remembrance. As His Eminence stated, both of these observances call to mind that we “…are a community with a past, and…

  Today is the fifth Monday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter Sunday. The Church today venerates the Eight Holy Martyrs — Peter, Dionysius, Andrew, Paul, Christina, Heraclius, Paulinus and Benedimus. These saints, from various parts of the Roman Empire, all contested in martyrdom during the reign of Emperor Decius in the third century.