A new documentary on the great 20th-century Athonite spiritual father Elder Joseph the Hesychast has been nominated in three categories of the annual London Short Film Festival, reports the Orthodoxia News Agency. The film features 5-time Emmy award winning actor and convert to Orthodoxy Jonathan Jackson in the role of St. Joseph. The world…

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

A hundred church chanters formed a nationwide choir on Sunday teaming up for a communal singalong in honour of the Mother of God. The church singers found a way to record one of the most famous hymns of all, singing it individually, on their phones. Then the videos were combined into a virtual cell phone…

As one priest told Neos Kosmos on Monday, the Church has faced wars, invasions plagues and famines but the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a response that is unprecedented in the ancient institution’s great history – the closing to worshippers of church doors, the distancing of priests from their worried flocks across the…

NEW YORK – On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Holy Eparchial Synod convened via teleconference, in order to discuss significant matters that affect the Archdiocese of America, and unanimously decided the following: The sacred services of our Orthodox tradition for Holy Week and Easter will continue to be observed in the Parishes and the Monasteries…

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  Let us not forget to observe the guidelines and precautions issued by public health authorities; we remain at home, with our loved ones, but also close to our fellow man, helping and assisting in any way we can, especially those in at-risk groups. With the grace of God, we will emerge from this tribulation…

  The live broadcast of sermons from Mount Athos and the images from the altar at the Catholicos of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, live-streamed by the Orthodoxia news agency, were met with satisfaction and rejoicing by you, our viewers, as attested by the numerous messages we received. The news agency will strive…

  Albanian authorities on Sunday detained and questioned 10 residents in the coastal Himare district after a Cross was raised next to the Monastery of the Panaghia Athaliotissa, in the same historic region. The ominous development generated sharp reactions on the part of Orthodox faithful in the area.