Having a hard time staying connected with God? Join us to discuss practical ideas on how to stay connected with Christ. We are pleased to announce our next myOCN Community Online Gathering this coming Thursday, April 30th, at 4:00 pm EST with special guest Fr. Stavros Akrotirianakis. Fr. Christopher Metropulos, our Executive Director, will be…

The Metropolitan of Corfu and the Paxous Islands, His Eminence Nektarios, spoke with the Orthodoxia News Agency and journalist Maria Giachnaki this week. His Eminence cited his disappointment with the strict restrictions imposed on the Church over the recent period due to the pandemic, while also citing his recent ordeal, after authorities on the Ionian…

The Metropolitan of Trikkis and Stagon, His Eminence Chrysostomos, on Monday afternoon, amid the joyous ringing of church bells, welcomed the Holy Flame at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral in the city of Trikala.    

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week issued an encyclical, reminding hierarchs, clerics and monks in the vast country of the strict guidelines in place to prevent exposure to the Covid-19 virus. The Russian Patriarch warned that penalties would be imposed when non-compliance was ascertained.

The Romanian Patriarchate this week called for the voluntary attendance of pupils in a new public school curriculum touching on the issue of family planning, while adding that such a lesson should be based on moral values.

Today marks the second Tuesday after Pascha, Holy and Great Easter. The Church commemorates the Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus. These holy Martyrs, who were from various regions, suffered martyrdom together when they were beheaded in Cyzicus, a city in Asia Minor on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara.

The spokesman of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece, Metropolitan of Nafpaktos, His Eminence Ierotheos, said he awaits a full return to normalcy and church-going, speaking on an Athens television station and before the prime minister’s nationally televised address. His Eminence added that the previous day’s statements by a government spokesman, namely, that…

Today, April 28, marks the 22-year anniversary of the election of Metropolitan Christodoulos as the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, succeeding reposed Archbishop Seraphim. Twenty-two years after his enthronement and 12 years since his repose in the Lord, the Orthodoxia News Agency today has posted a feature on the life and works of Christodoulos,…

The Orthodoxia News Agency is continuing to live-stream all daily church services this week, conducted in Mount Athos liturgical tradition, from the St. Nicholas church in Porto Lagos, a glebe of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi. Watch today’s services: