NEW YORK – On March 8, 2020, eleven Orthodox hierarchs from various canonical jurisdictions concelebrated the Divine Liturgy on the first Sunday of Lent, also known as the “Sunday of Orthodoxy,” at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, in New York City. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America presided over the Divine Liturgy. He…

The essence of the church is synodicity (synergy). The biggest problem of mankind today is that they have forgotten the Jesus which is God-Man, and therefore our heavenly purpose. Thus we are condemned to be imprisoned on the human plane, materially fighting among ourselves for the material things. The problems of society and of the…

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Thousands of people again held peaceful protests in cities around Montenegro to show their opposition to a controversial law that allows the state to confiscate religious institutions’ assets and relics, which the Serbian Orthodox Church in the small Adriatic country has charged aims to directly harm Orthodoxy and the Church. In the capital of Podgorica,…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America and the Most Reverend Members of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Archdiocese of America, on Friday issued guidelines to the clergy and laity to deal with a possible covid-19 outbreak in North America. A statement read “…Recognizing that this outbreak impacts not only on the most vulnerable members…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Sunday referred to what he called a “powerful distortion” of Christian faith amid an increasingly globalized society. During his sermon on the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the Russian Patriarch bemoaned the fact that modern man, as…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, referred to the unprecedented situation on the Greek-Turkish border, speaking during a sermon on Sunday, March 8, on the occasion of the commemoration of Sunday of Orthodoxy. His Divine Beatitude expressed his solidarity and best wishes to Greece and Greek Prime…

The Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece convened on Monday, with sessions to continue until Wednesday, amid growing concerns in the country over coronavirus infections, and stepped up public health measures to prevent an outbreak on the scale witnessed in northern Italy. Currently, some 73 cases of coronavirus have been officially reported…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople on Monday officially announced the canonization of three Athonite Fathers, namely the Elder Joseph the Hesychast, the Elder Ephraim Katounakiotis and the Elder Daniel Katounakiotis — something that His All Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I had previously announced as forthcoming last October, during…