His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America together with Metropolitan Alexios of Atlanta and the Greek Orthodox Community of Charlotte welcomed last night, Tue., Jan. 28, 2020, His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, who is visiting the United States for medical reasons. Following the airport welcome, the faithful of Charlotte received the visiting Hierarch to…
His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, College Dean, gave the keynote presentation at the Victorian State Youth Conference for the Archdiocesan District of Melbourne which explored the theme ‘Change: How Do we Navigate Ourselves in a Diverse World.’ The conference was held on Saturday 25 January at Oakleigh Grammar in Melbourne. The Archbishop’s presentation was…
Patiently accept your falls and, having stood up, immediately run to God, not remaining in that place where you have fallen. Do not despair if you keep falling into your old sins. Don’t let anything deprive you of hope because like a handful of sand, thrown into the sea, is what sinning is, when compared…
His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey has released his Encyclical for the Feast of the Three Hierarchs. Read the full text below: Feast of the Three Hierarchs 2020 The Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan Council, Esteemed Members of the Parish Councils, Philoptochos Sisterhood, Faculty and Students of the…
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The Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neophyte, this week received the Syrian envoy to the country, Amb. Muhamad. The diplomat expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to meet with the Bulgarian Patriarch, while also referring to the work of the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East, which, as he said, encourages all Syrian citizens…
The prime minister of Montenegro, Duško Marković, this week invited the Metropolitan Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Eminence Amphilochios, to dialogue over a contentious law that his government passed this month – legislation that the Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country charges will lead to a confiscation of its pre-WWI properties and…
The Russian Orthodox cathedral of the Holy Trinity is the southern-most Orthodox house of worship in the world, as it is located in Antarctica. The church is a 15-meter-high wooden structure built in traditional Russian ecclesiastical style. It can accommodate up to 30 worshippers. The structure was first built in Russia from Siberian Pine, then…
The Russian Orthodox Church’s patriarchal council for culture organized a wide-ranging meeting in Moscow this week to focus on the issue of preservation of cathedrals and chapels throughout the vast country. The meeting was attended by specialist craftsmen, experts and architects. In an opening address, the head of the council cited the importance of creating…