nation that is faithful to God and its fatherland will be miraculously blessed by God, His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel of Chiatura and Sachkhere of the Georgian Orthodox Church said during his Sunday sermon at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. A miracle was seen in Georgia, where there was no eruption of the coronavirus epidemic despite the…

“The Ecumenical Patriarchate has always been concerned to serve all Orthodox without distinction of nationality or ethnic origin,” writes Patriarch Bartholomew Late last year, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Gaul of the Patriarchate of Constantinople announced the creation of a vicariate of Russian parishes in France, and on Saturday, July 4, a constitutive general assembly of the…

I am deeply concerned over the calls of certain Turkish politicians to reconsider the museum status of Hagia Sophia, one of the greatest monuments of Christian culture. Built in the 6th century in honour of Christ the Saviour, this church is of great importance to the whole Orthodoxy. And it is especially dear to the…

Persecution of Christians in Iraq: Clearly the Turkish government is using its military actions against the Kurds to further its longstanding persecution of Christians, which includes the ongoing discrimination against of and harassment of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the remaining Christians of Turkey; the occupation and ethnic cleansing of northern Cyprus; the long imprisonment of…

NEW YORK – There are parishes throughout the Archdiocese that have had the unenviable task of responding to a natural disaster – floods, hurricanes, wildfires, etc. – but none could be prepared for the pandemic that gripped the United States in the opening months of 2020. Parishes could only respond to their best of their…

Anywhere you dig in Constantinople (Istanbul), and you will surely find something that is historically Greek. The city was first founded in 660 BCE by settlers from Megara in today’s Athens metropolitan area. They called the city Byzantium and established it on the European side of the Bosphorus. The name was changed in 330CE from…

It’s the annual summer celebration that all friends of the United States in Greece await— the annual Fourth of July Reception at the Ambassador’s Residence in central Athens. The event’s invitation list is a who’s who of business, political and community leaders in Greece, as well as American citizens living and working in Athens. But…

The Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II has congratulated the Ambassador of the United States of America, Kelly Degnan on the Independence Day of the United States. The congratulatory message has been released by the Patriarchate. “We cordially congratulate you on the Independence Day of the United States and we would like to express our gratitude…

“Hagia Sophia is a pan-Christian holy site,” Metropolitan Hilarion said The preservation of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia will be brought into question if the historical monument, which is now a museum, is turned into a mosque, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations Metropolitan Hilarion said. Hagia Sophia is the…