St. Kevin was birthed without labor pains to a noble Leinster family, as a sign that he was the fulfillment of the prophecy of St. Patrick of the one to come who would evangelize the region of Ireland just south of Dublin. He was given the name at birth of Coemgen, which meant “beautiful…

A black soul – the real problem Given what is happening in America, let us know that in the Orthodox church there is absolutely no distinction between people of different colors. Our most splendid example of this is of course St Moses the black i.e. St Moses the Strong. He was dark skinned in body…

  Looking for ways to safely serve your neighbors? Join the @GOA.Ecumenical for the final Love Thy Neighbor webinar on Thursday, June 4 at 6:00 PM ET, featuring International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) (@IOCCRelief), the Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society (@philoptochos) and the Giolas Foundation (@Giolas Foundation) Watch the Facebook Livestream on @GOA.Ecumenical or register…

  Wednesday, June 10, 2020 12 – 1 p.m (EST) The Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University is delighted to present the second episode of its webinar series highlighting the scholarly insights and academic careers of female scholars whose research and writing explore some facet of the history, thought, or culture of Orthodox Christianity….

  The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of America has worked with OCAMPR through the Mental Health Task Force to develop a series on Mental Health and Orthodox Faith. This is a topic that many of our OCAMPR members have been engaging for years, but we have always been a minority voice in our Church…

New York, NY – At the invitation of the Borough President of Brooklyn, Eric Leroy Adams, and State Senator Andrew Gounardes (New York’s 22nd State Senate District), His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros attended a peaceful protest and march today in Crown Heights, Brooklyn over the killing of Louisville EMT Breonna Taylor. (Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency…

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On Wednesday, May 21/ June 3, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Holy glorious God-crowned sovereigns and equal to the Apostles, Constantine and Helen, as a feast of the Hagiotaphite Brotherhood, since St. Constantine accepted the request of the Archbishop of Jerusalem Makarios at the First Ecumenical Synod in 325 A.D., sent his…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Pappos the Confessor, a fourth century bishop of Cyprus, as well as Lucillian of Byzantium, the 4 martyred Youths and Paula the Virgin. The life and ministry of St. Pappos and the martyrdom of the other saints is found today, in Greek, on the pages of the diakonima.gr site.