The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces a new website offering critical resources for “virtual” Summer Camp and Vacation Church School programs. A Camp Committee made up of ministry leaders from across the Archdiocese (and led by Y2AM’s Resources & Training Coordinator Cassandra Garibaldi) has done excellent work compiling Codes of Conduct, how-to’s, and other…

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  The Church today venerates the memory of Sisoes the Great. This saint, great and renowned among the ascetics of Egypt, lived in the fourth century. Today is also the feast day of new monk-martyr Cyril of Hilandar, who achieved martyrdom in 16th century, after the Ottomans burned him at the stake for not renouncing…

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Monday also commented on the spectre of a reconversion of greatest of all cathedrals in eastern Christendom into mosque, saying such demands pose a threat to Christianity. According to Reuters, the Russian Patriarch said “…A threat against Hagia Sophia is a threat to…

  Thousands of Christians continue to abandon their homes in northern Iraq in the wake of air strikes by Turkey’s air force. Accoridng to the group International Christian Concern, since the beginning of Turkey’s airstrikes in northern Iraq, nine of the 11 Christian villages in the Zakho district have beenreportedly evacuated. An increasingly interventionist Ankara…

  The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, in a homily after the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Russian Church of the Holy Trinity in Belgrade, emphasized that “… nothing is more threatened and persecuted in our days than the institution of the family.”  

  A memorandum of cooperation to draft a study for the preservation and promotion of the Holy Monastery of the Holy Trinity of Tzagarola, on the large island of Crete, was signed between representatives of Greece’s culture ministry, the regional government of Crete, the monastery and the Polytechnic of Crete. The budget for the study…

At the same time, the current High Representative of the European Union and Commission vice-president, Josep Borrell, commenced an official two-day visit to Turkey on Monday — with Ankara’s continuing provocations and sabre-rattling against EU members Greece and Cyprus high on the official’s talks with his Turkish hosts. Official Turkey is now also involved in…

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, over the weekend again expressed a wish that the Theological School of Halki again open its doors… “after 49 years of silence,” as the Patriarch sadly noted. His All Holiness spoke at the enthronement of Bishop Kassianos as the new Abbot of the Holy…