The situation for Serbians and Orthodoxy in Montenegro and Kosovo continues to deteriorate, threatening ethnic Serbs with displacement from the lands they’ve lived on for many centuries. In Belgrade, in fact, the government referred to an organized plan to remove ethnic Serb populations. In Montenegro, the government announced that it was easing coronavirus-related border restrictions for citizens…

An online synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and health professionals from around the world, was posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia news agency. The online assembly was held last Saturday. In a related development, Saturday, May 30, is the date…

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In a rare positive development related to the Greek Orthodox legacy in Turkey, the historic church of the Archangel Michael, in the Trabzon region, has been fully restored. The church, built in 1332 during the reign of Emperor Andronikos III, stands in the Pontian city of Platana, today known as Akçaabat, in Turkish. The restoration is part…

Eulogy for Eugene Telemachus Rossides May 26, 2020 Glenwood Cemetery Washington, DC Beloved Aphrodite and Children, Brothers and Sisters in the Risen Christ, Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! As we gather here together today, a small yet devoted and loving συνοδεία to accompany this Lion of the Omogeneia to his final resting place, I cannot…

Fr. Gary Kyriacou- Director, Ionian Village Although the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the cancellation of the traditional beloved Ionian Village Summer 2020 program, the Administration team is still hard at work. The Office of Ionian Village has already begun, and will continue, to provide ministry virtually. From Vespers to devotional sessions, many opportunities exist for…

On May 25, 2020, the Diocese announced that, with the blessing of Bishop Irenei of London and Western Europe, it will establish an annual ‘St Herman’s Youth Conference’ in the present fiftieth-anniversary year of the canonisation of St Herman the Wonderworker of Alaska by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia. In conjunction with this…

On May 24, the last Sunday of Paschaltide, of the Blind Man, Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan celebrated Divine Liturgy in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City. Concelebrating with His Grace were cathedral dean Archpriest Andrei Sommer and Deacon Nicholas Ilyin (cleric of Holy Dormition Convent “Novo-Diveevo” in Nanuet, NY). Praying at…

Dr. Ellen A. Lanzano, Professor of English and Chair of the Literature and History Program at Hellenic College, has published a new book, The Harp and the Web: Hellenism in Literature, Selected Adaptations. Examining works published over a span of more than two hundred years, Dr. Lanzano illuminates the powerful influence of Hellenism on British and…