Red Hand Day, or, the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, is observed today, Feb. 12. The observance aims draw attention to the problem of child soldiers: minors under the age of 18 who participate in military conflicts. The aim of Red Hand Day is to promote action to stop this vile practice,…

The Greek government’s intent to create a new and closed migrant/refugee “hotspot” on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos, one close to the Holy Monastery of the Archangels at the Mandamado site, has generated even more heated opposition by local residents. The news comes at the very moment when the now well-known Greek island, which…

CONSTANTINOPLE – A Memorial Service was held at the cemetery of the Monastery of the Mother of God of Baloukli in Constantinople where the relics of the last Dean of the Theological School of Halki, Metropolitan Maximos of Stavroupolis, were buried in the presence of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The late Metropolitan Maximos…

SOFIA, Bulgaria – Worshippers gather around candles stuck to jars of honey, arranged as a cross, during mass for the “sanctification of honey” at the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin church in the town of Blagoevgrad, some 100 km (62 miles) south of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Honey and beehives…

STATEN ISLAND – The Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas community of Staten Island once again honored couples who are celebrating 50+ years of marriage with a moving ceremony held on January 19 at the Church immediately following the Divine Liturgy. The honorees included 13 couples from the community: Christos and Androula Papaiacovou, 63 years of marriage, Constantine…

No one has been more disheartened than I have been by the unfortunate fate of the St. Nicholas Shrine at Ground Zero, which should have been finished two years ago at half the cost of what it will now take to complete it. Everyone who contributed to the delays and the ballooning costs – from…

Asceticism is the branch of medicine that aims at healing the human soul which is eternal and reaching eternal personal perfection. The need of God No one can do this, because of this the good God has mercy on us and does this, but he needs the practical proof that we want this because in…

  BROOKLINE, Mass. – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has appointed Maria Koulmanda, PhD, to the Hellenic College Board of Trustees. Dr. Koulmanda is Chair of the Maliotis Center Committee of the Board of Trustees of Hellenic College and former Secretary of the Friends of the Maliotis Cultural Center. The committee was formed last…

NEW YORK – Archbishop Elpidophoros and Metropolitan Tikhon met yesterday at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in an ongoing effort to strengthen the relationship between the Archdiocese and the Orthodox Church in America. As a result, the two leaders set March 31st to serve food to those in need in conjunction…