Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos, this week praised his and the Church’s cooperation with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades and the entire cabinet on the eastern Mediterranean island republic, in statements to the Cyprus News Agency. “Our goal, the compass of our actions is the well-intentioned best interests of our flock,” His Beatitude said. Archbishop Chrysostomos…

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as widely expected, on Tuesday afternoon announced a relaxation of imposed restrictions in the country, ones aimed to prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus, with personal worship to be allowed in churches and chapels as of Monday, May 4, while regular church services with worshipers present will be allowed as of…

Today marks the 2nd Wednesday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter. The Church today venerates the memory of Jason and Sosipater, the Apostles of the 70 and their Companions. Both of these saints were disciples of the Apostle Paul, who mentions them in his Epistle to the Romans. Jason was from Tarsus of Cilicia, in…

Greece education and religious affairs minister, during a nationally televised press briefing on Wednesday afternoon, thanked the Autocephalous Church of Greece for its stance amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and especially during Holy and Great Easter Week, between April 12 and April 19 in the east Mediterranean nation. “We warmly thank the Church of Greece…

The Romanian Patriarchate has announced that the amount of aid offered by the Church to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic exceeded 470,000 Euros (2,278,396 Lei) in the week of April 20-27. That brings the total aid offered by dioceses since the beginning of the health crisis to 3,080,015 Euros (14,876,474 Lei). The full text…

Lord, I heard Your celebrant today praying for our brothers and sisters ‘who are absent for good reason’. And they stuck in my mind. I want to find them, to discover them and then send up fervent supplications for them. Who are they, Lord? Who are they who are far away from Your house at…

A LETTER OF APPRECIATION REGARDING YOUR RESPONSE TO OUR SUMMONS TO PRAYER Μost beloved Clergy, Monastics and Faithful of our God-protected Eastern American Diocesan Family, CHRIST IS RISEN! Kindy permit me to thank each and every one of you for the bountiful response to my earnest request for the names of your loved ones, both…

Registration open for New York-based event Plans for the 2020 Pan-Orthodox Music Symposium have been reconfigured to a global online format on Thursday, June 11 through Saturday, June 13, 2020. The event, cohosted by St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVS) and the International Society for Orthodox Church Music (ISOCM) will explore the theme of “Music…

Prayer and hope were the main topics on which Patriarch Daniel’s sermon focused on Bright Friday when the Orthodox Church marks the feast day of the Life-Giving Spring of the Theotokos. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that especially now when the world experiences a sad and difficult period due to the coronavirus pandemic, we need…