Resources (PDF) His Eminence’s letter Message to the congregation Letter from Antiochian Women Vice President​ Beloved Antiochian Woman of our God-Protected Archdiocese: This month, “Women Month” as we commonly refer to it in the Archdiocese, coincides with the beginning and first part of the Great Fast and always includes the Great Feast of the Annunciation….

Koliva: Definition Koliva is a dish, consisting of boiled wheat that is used liturgically in the Eastern Orthodox Church for commemorations of the dead. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, koliva is blessed during funerals, as well as during the memorial service (mnemosyno) that is performed at various intervals after a person’s death and on special…

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The Basilica of the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem will be temporarily closed for precautionary reasons, following the confirmation of a series of Covid-19 virus infections in the West Bank, an unnamed ecclesiastical spokesman said. The health minister of the Palestinian Authority has called for churches and mosques to temporarily suspend services for the faithful,…

A new Orthodox chapel will soon adorn the stark Antarctic landscape, as Russian Orthodox Archbishop, His Eminence Kallistrat, of Gorno-Altai and Chemal, late last month consecrated the site for a future chapel in honor of St. Nicholas the Wonder-worker. There are already at least two Orthodox chapels and one church on the earth’s southernmost continent…

Sunday, March 8, marks the Sunday of Orthodoxy, commemorating the restoration of the Holy Icons in 843 by the widow Empress Theodora, together with the Patriarch Methodius This ever-memorable monarch venerated the icon of the Mother of God in the presence of Patriarch Methodius and other confessors and righteous men. A synodical and con-celebratory Divine…

The Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week received the religious affairs councilor of the Turkish embassy in Moscow, Omer Farouk Savouran. In greeting the Turkish diplomat, Metropolitan Hilarion, who heads the Moscow Patriarchate’s external Church relations department, referred to the significance in ties between the Russian Church and Turkey’s state-run directorate of religious…

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, was warmly received this week at the Archdiocese of America, in NYC, by the Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros. The Archbishop referred to a spirit of cooperation between the two Churches in the United States, as well as the standing support by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople…

Greek culture Minister Lina Mendoni and US ambassador to Greece, Geoffrey Pyatt, on Wednesday signed the renewal of a memorandum of understanding between the US and Greece regarding efforts to combat the smuggling of antiquities, relics and works of arts. In a statement on his Twitter account, Pyatt stressed what he called a great, wide-ranging…