The Youth Assemble conference 2020 brought together hundreds of Greek Orthodox youth, aged in their late teens, twenties and thirties. The Greek youth came together at St Euphemia College Bankstown, Sydney, to discuss their Greek Orthodox faith and culture under the guidance of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios. The theme of this years Youth Assemble conference…

The mind (νους) is the finest attention, the human focus, the eye of the soul. If someone is focused on God and His rays – that is on God’s uncreated energy called grace, then the human mind has the property to receive light, to be enlightened like a pure parabolic mirror on which these rays…

Greater than baptism itself is the fountain of tears after baptism, even though it is somewhat audacious to say so. For baptism is the washing away of evils that were in us before, but sins committed after baptism are washed away by tears. As baptism is received in infancy, we have all defiled it, but…

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco has issued his message regarding Lent 2020. Read the full text below:   Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, We begin our Lenten journey in troubling times. Forces of polarization and division seem to lurk everywhere, but especially in our civic life. At times, these same forces…

A seminar for college students learning foreign languages in Georgia, including Greek, was held in Tbilisi’s theological academy last week. The goal of the seminar was to cultivate an experiential relationship with the foreign language they are studying. On her part, Greek language teacher Yuli Sosiashvili noted that classical languages, such as Greek and Latin,…

The courtyard of the historic church of the Holy Trinity in central Athens off Philellinon Ave., known as the “Russian Church”, was the setting for the holding of a traditional Russian custom on Sunday, after the Divine Liturgy. The event commemorates the Sunday of Forgiveness, also known in the ecclesiastical calendar as Cheesefare Sunday. Children…

The Archdiocese of Australia conveyed its best wishes on Saturday, Feb. 29, on the occasion of the 80th birthday of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I. In an announcement, the Archdiocese called on the All Merciful God to protect and bless His All Holiness in fulfilling his mission.

Despite a price tag that might exceed 81 million dollars and a turbulent background that involved accusations of financial mismanagement, “now the construction of Saint Nicholas Shrine is on the right track and the church – once finished – will be the most visited Christian structure in New York City,” says Michael Psaros, the Vice-Chairman…

Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain has issued his Encyclical for the beginning of the Holy & Great Lent 2020. Read the full text below: Encyclical for the beginning of the Holy & Great Lent 2020 Ref. No.: ΕΓ00001 Beloved in the Lord: Each year, in the cycle of time and seasons, Holy and…