CONSTANTINOPLE – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his fraternal wishes to his Beatitude Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece for good health and a speedy recovery. Archbishop Ieronymos underwent a successful operation on Saturday April 4 at the Onassis Cardiac Centre in Kallithea, a suburb of Athens. Specifically, the doctors installed a…

This pandemic is not a chance occurrence allowed by God, but a sign of the times; it is a fruit of Divine indignation, as man is doing not what is natural, what is reasonable, but what is absurd and abnormal. Imagine how dismayed the Holy Spirit is, and how God the Father, again in His…

Pemptousia, Orthodoxia News Agency stress need to unite our voices, strengthen presence of Orthodox world amid pandemic The editors and staff of both the online magazine Pemptousia, which focuses on Orthodoxy, scholarly research and culture, as well as the Orthodoxia News Agency have become aware of the crucial need for all of us to unite…

JERUSALEM  – Israelis who have beards for religious reasons will get the option of custom-made face masks to protect them from the coronavirus rather than being told to shave, a government official said on Monday. As part of measures to combat the epidemic, Israeli authorities last week told people to cover their mouths and noses…

Reverend Fathers, Honourable Presidents and Esteemed Members of the Boards of Directors, Members of the Philoptochos Societies, Teachers, Students and Youth Members of the Communities, and to the Entire Plenitude of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada IN RELATION TO HOLY WEEK AND EASTER Beloved in the Lord, In all my previous encyclicals regarding the…

  One hundred Orthodox cantors from around Romania united their voices in supplication to the Panaghia, the Blessed Virgin Mary, for deliverance from the pandemic. The supplication, conducted via the Internet, was an initiative by Arch-Deacon Michail Buka. The ancient and sublime hymn “Ti Ipermaho”, or “Champion”, was chanted in its entirety during the 5th…

  The Metropolitan of Mesogeas and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, referred to the subject of individual prayer, in a recent encyclical to the faithful. Among others, His Eminence notes that “… we’ve been deprived our services, however, prayer has not been forbidden. In fact, prayer may be conducted with more zeal in the present, maybe…

  Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has responded to the growing concerns of His Eminence, Archbishop Makarios — affirming to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia that private Easter ceremonies conducted by the Church will not be interrupted by authorities. Morrison stressed that Easter Holy Week services for the Orthodox churches are “…a special ritual…

  The Cincture of the Theotokos, reverently safeguarded and venerated at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, is the only Holy Relic from the Blessed Virgin Mary’s earthly life. A feature is posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency on the Cincture, accompanied by rare photographs and excerpts…