The Metropolitan of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki, His Eminence Nikolaos, spoke with the Orthodoxia News Agency and journalist Maria Giachnaki this week. Besides extensive discussion on the repercussions from the pandemic, His Eminence also referred to issues of bioethics, stressing that science, knowledge, political power and technology were humbled by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Orthodox Church in Montenegro on Thursday venerated the memory of St. John the Divine. The Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, officiated at a Divine Liturgy at the same-name cathedral of Poprad. In commenting on the tense situation in the small Adriatic country over the past few months, with the Church…

The much-anticipated con-celebratory Divine Liturgy at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo, on the feast day of the Next-to-the Apostles Constantine and Helen, was held without the presence of worshipers this week due to coronavirus-related restrictions in place. The Divine Liturgy for the specific feast day – which was officiated by…

The inaugural veneration of the memory of Ieronymos Simonopetritis, since the reposed elder was canonized last November by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, was held today by the Holy Community of Mount Athos. This 20th century saint arrived at the Holy Monastery of Simonos Petra, on Mount Athos, at the age of 17, where he…

Homily for the Liturgy of Ss. Constantine & Helen May 21, 2020 Saints Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church Jackson Heights, New York Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! Christ is Risen! As you enter Ἁγία Σοφία, in the Vestibule over the South Door, you behold a magnificent mosaic that dates back to the…

His Eminence, Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey to Lead Prayer Service for the Health of those afflicted from COVID-19 on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 at 12:30pm Westfield, NJ May 18, 2020: Please join us online on Tuesday, May 26 at 12:30pm from the St. John the Theologian Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tenafly, New Jersey, as…

Statement of Support The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New…

The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the Catechetical and Greek Afternoon Schools, Directors and Participants of all Youth Organizations, and all devout Orthodox Christians of the Communities of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey   My…

Persecution of Christians in Nigeria continues to increase rapidly — but this persecution rarely makes the news outside that country even as it escalates dramatically, as we see in this report. Nigeria is about 50% Christian. Of those Christians, around 75% are Protestant, 24% Roman Catholic. Of the remaining 1%, there is a small Orthodox…