The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Apostles Bartholomew and Barnabas, as well as the Revelation of the Hymn Axion Estin, to a monk on Mt. Athos by the Archangel Gabriel. A feature is posted today on the pages of the Diakonima.gr site. The day also marks the patronal feast day for…

Annual US Dept. report details systemic, wide-spread discrimination against minority religious institutions by official Turkey The release of this week’s US State Department Report on International Religious Freedom for 2019 coincides with the latest eyebrow-raising provocations by Turkish leadership, especially threats to reconvert the iconic Hagia Sophia into a mosque. Nevertheless, the breadth of the…

On Pentecost Sunday, Patriarch Daniel spoke about the Church’s practice to bless the fruits on the feast of the descent of the Holy Spirit and to offer prayers for the entire creation. He referred to the significance of the walnut tree leaves sanctified on Sunday and stated that “man sanctifies the place if he keeps…

  His conviction that history will call Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew as “Great” was expressed by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. And he explained that this was because, during the almost 30 years of his service as Patriarch, His All Holiness acted and taught precisely as described in the Gospel. “He taught, not so much…

Lagos-Nigeria: Radical Islamists groups like Boko Haram has been targeting Christians in large numbers. Boko haram wants to establish an Islamic caliphate in Nigeria. According to a report by chvnradio.com over 620 Christians in Nigeria have been killed by radicals so far (2020), and around 12,000 have been killed over during the last five years….

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  New York – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces the celebratory festivities for the feast day of Saint Bartholomew, patron saint of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to be held on June 11, 2020. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has asked Bishop Apostolos of Medeia to coordinate the planned…

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The Church today venerates the memory of Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs. The martyrdom of these two saints is detailed, in Greek, on the pages of the Diakonima.gr site. Original photographic material of St. Maximus the Greek Institute posted on webpage Ascetic Experience The webpage Ascetic Experience has posted a prolific photographic feature on liturgical…