Τhe Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, co-officated at a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for the feast day of St Marina the Great Martyr, which was held on Friday morning at the Church of St. Marina, in the large village of Kastro, on the large northeast Aegean island of Imvros.     A…

The outrageous decision this month by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque and continued international condemnation over the latest insult to Christianity, and especially the Orthodox faith, dominates our news coverage. Works and interventions on the pre-eminent symbol of Orthodoxy and Byzantium are proceeding at a break-neck pace,…

A short film about the life of St Sophrony the Athonite Made for the Sunday School of the Greek Orthodox Church of Manchester      St Sophrony was born in 1896 in Moscow. He had a big family with many siblings. He loved painting from a very young age. He started painting before he…

Sydney’s Greek Orthodox Parish of St Spyridon was the venue for a historic milestone for Orthodoxy in Australia, where His Eminence Archbishop Makarios presided over the first ever English Hierarchical Vespers Service in the nation. Accompanied by a number of Reverend Clergy and Deacons who participated in the unforgettable service, and with scores of youth…

  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…