The Bulgarian Orthodox Church honours Friday the memory of the Venerable Anthony the Great, on the holiday called Antonovden. Anthony was born in about 250 AD in Egypt. During his life he spent 20 years in complete solitude in the desert. Sick and suffering people came to him for help. At the alleged age of…

It was on this day Friday 17. January 1997, the feast day of Saint Antonios the Great, in the morning hours, the forever loved and the very first Metropolitan of the Uganda Orthodox Church Theodorus Nankyama reposed in the Lord! Today at the Saint Nicholas Cathedral where his body was laid to rest, His Grace…

Watching Australia and its people experiencing one of the most devastating tragedies in the nation’s history, Greek Australian priest Michael Psaromatis, 34, felt the need to help where he was needed most. Last Friday, together with his wife Cynthia, the 34-year-old priest flew to Kangaroo Island hoping to assist with fire relief efforts. “With the…

The minister of communications and works said on Tuesday he was confident that consultations with Archbishop Chrysostomos would settle the future of the 18th century Nicosia mansion which the latter wants to convert into a byzantine museum despite fierce opposition. Minister Yiannis Karousos said he would arrange for a meeting with the archbishop within days…

Restoration work on the frescoes of the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral of the Mirozhsky Monastery in Pskov is set to resume this year. The cathedral is the oldest preserved building in Pskov and the surrounding area, and is the only church in Russia with well-preserved pre-Mongolian iconography. The last restoration work took place at the end…

As we have already frequently said, this—we mean despondency—is very often one of the branches of talkativeness, and its first child. Despondency is a slackness of soul, a weakening of the mind, neglect of asceticism, hatred of the vow made. It is the blessing of worldlings. It accuses God of being merciless and without love…

ST AUGUSTINE, Fla. – In an effort to maintain the traditions and customs of the first Greek settlers that arrived on the American continent, St. Photios National Shrine hosted its first-ever Vasilopita Cutting Celebration with a standing room only crowd of almost 100 people. The event, hosted by His Grace, Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos, Hierarchal…

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The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, this week officiated at his 62nd mass baptism of infants, with the sacrament held at Tbilisi’s Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. According to an announcement by the Georgian Patriarchate, His Holiness and Beatitude personally served as the Godparent of 521 infants, with his God-children…