Patience (Waiting and Hope)   Beloved, Christ is Risen! I greet you from the Chapel of St. Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople, Patron of the Holy the Metropolis of Pittsburgh, within the center of the Metropolis of Pittsburgh, to lead you in prayer for those who are enduring the burden of this illness, and…

Minneapolis, MN – The choir of St. Mary’s Orthodox Cathedral will present a virtual concert of Paschal music on Sunday, May 24, 2020 at 12 noon CDT. The concert is being offered with the blessing of His Grace, Paul, Bishop of Chicago, ruling hierarch of the Orthodox Church in America’s Diocese of the Midwest. The concert…

On Monday, May 18th, 2020, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Eastern America of the Serbian Orthodox Church held a telephone conference with Mr. Matthew Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs with responsibility for the Western Balkans and the Aegean. In a friendly and constructive conversation, Bishop Irinej…

With worship in churches, mosques and other religious premises permitted from Saturday, May 23, the Health Ministry has set out health protocols. In an announcement, it cited Cyprus’ positive epidemiological picture as regards the coronavirus pandemic. And it said that measures must apply in churches (inside and outside) and the required preconditions for churchgoers at…

His Holiness Irinej, the Serbian Patriarch, said after a meeting with President Aleksandar Vucic that it was clear that Milo Djukanovic’s plan was that in Montenegro there was no longer the Serbian Orthodox Church or Serbian Orthodox people. President Vucic points out that politics interferes with the internal Church organization and essentially spiritual matters, and…

On Wednesday, May 20th, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over a Memorial Service on the occasion of the six months since the repose of his predecessor, Archbishop Gregorios.   thyateira.org.uk

NEW YORK — New York will allow religious gatherings of up to 10 people as hospitalization rates continue to decline. More tests and outreach efforts are planned for hard-hit New York City neighborhoods. The Metropolitan Museum of Art could reopen its doors in mid-August. Coronavirus developments in New York: RELIGIOUS SERVICES New York will allow…

Each year, the students from the Metropolis of San Francisco attending Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology are invited to a dinner hosted by the Metropolis of San Francisco Philoptochos to celebrate the graduates and honor their achievements. With the Class of 2020 struggling through the limitations in place from the Coronavirus…

A historic building in the heart of America’s oldest city which once served as a place of refuge for this continent’s first Greek settlers is now providing a different kind of refuge to every priest of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. St. Photios National Shrine in St. Augustine, Florida took the bold initiative to…