On September 29, 2024, Fordham University’s Orthodox Christian Studies Center will host a webinar discussing the plight of Christians in the Holy Land, especially in Gaza. Prior to the current war, Gaza’s Christians numbered roughly 1000 out of 2.1 million people in Gaza, the vast majority Orthodox Christians. Since the Israeli bombardment began in October…

The “St. Maxim the Greek” Institute, in collaboration with the Office of the Orthodox Church in the European Union, is organizing an International Scientific Conference titled POSTHUMANISM AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (PHAICON 2024), to be held at the Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens from November 18 to November 21, 2024. One hundred and fifteen experts will…

On Monday, September 30, 2024, the Romanian Orthodox Church will mark the 17th anniversary of the enthronement of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The program begins with the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral from 9:00 to 11:00 AM. Following the liturgy, at 11:00 AM, a Te Deum service will be held in the Cathedral as…

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia, Exarch of the Territories, welcomed His Excellency Nikolaos Krikos, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Moldova, at the Metropolitan Residence in Chișinău on Wednesday. The meeting was held in light of the recent inauguration of the Greek Embassy in Chișinău. The dialogue focused…

At the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel extended a message of blessing and encouragement to students and professors in universities across Romania. In his message, he highlighted the importance of cooperation between the Church and the University, encouraging a deeper dialogue between theology and science. He noted that this can…

The Nativity of the Mother of God is a feast of the Theotokos, which the Church celebrates with joy and rejoicing and thanks God, remembering that the Virgin and Mother of God Mary is the fruit of her pious and childless parents, the Holy Ancestors of God Joachim and Anna.e is a gift from God…

On Sunday, 22nd September 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain made his inaugural pastoral visit to the Greek Orthodox Community of St Andrew in Torquay. His Eminence presided over Matins and celebrated the Divine Liturgy. Concelebrating with him was the Revd Presbyter Trayan Goranov, Priest-in-Charge. The Revd Archdeacon George Tsourous also…

In Astoria, Queens, New York, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America visited the Hellenic Orthodox Community of Astoria’s St. Demetrios Greek-American School today, September 25, 2024, holding the Agiasmos Service (or Blessing of Holy Water) to bless the new academic year. His Eminence began the day by visiting St. Demetrios Lower Elementary School at Sts….

On September 23, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met with His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazianzos to bestow his Archpastoral blessing on His Grace’s appointment as Archiepiscopal Vicar of the Hellenic Orthodox Community of Astoria. This new appointment adds to Bishop Athenagoras’s responsibilities within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, which include serving…