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…

  The Cypriot government is expected to call on the Church of Cyprus to follow a decision last week by the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece regarding services and liturgies for Easter Holy Week. According to reports, Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades will propose to the Archbishop of Cyprus, His Eminence Chrysostomos, that the Resurrection be…

  The Greek government, as first reported by the Orthodoxia news agency, has extended temporary coronavirus-related restrictions on places of worship around the country until April 20. That date falls on Bright Monday, the day after Easter Sunday. The Great and Holy Week for Easter (Pascha) in the predominately Christian Orthodox country is the peak…

The Church today venerates the memory of Righteous Father Savvas the New, of Kalymnos. St. Savvas the New, an Athonite ascetic, was born on the eastern Aegean island in 1862. A feature is posted today on the Orthodoxia news agency of this 19th century saint’s life and works.

His Holiness Patriarch Serbian Irinej officiated Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great at the Convent of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Belgrade, on the Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 5, 2020, offering his prayers for the salvation of all. In accordance with the new state of emergency caused by the pandemic of the corona…

In the last few years, St. Vladimir’s Seminary has seen an increase in students from the Serbian Church. Recently, SVOTS received a generous $25,000 gift earmarked for scholarships to Serbian students, from two recently reposed parishioners who left bequests through Holy Resurrection Serbian Eastern Orthodox Church in Steubenville, OH. The bequests of the parishioners stipulated…

When will the trial we go through be over? When will the good news come? The answer is in us. Let us not forget that Adam fell not because he denied the existence of God, but because he denied His will in his disobedience. We do not know what is inside the Holy Trinity. The…