St. Nicholas Church will be built in Antarctica, according to the Gorno-Altai Diocese. With the blessing of Patriarch Kirill, Archbishop Kallistrat of Gorno-Altai and Chemal made a trip to the Novolazarevskaya Antarctic Research Station located in the South-Eastern part of the Schirmacher Oasis on the coast of Queen Maud Land, about 80 km from the Lazarev Sea…

One week after his ordination to the episcopate, His Grace Bishop Benedict of Bistrița, Romania’s youngest Orthodox hierarch, celebrated his first Divine Liturgy in his home town Sartăş. Addressing those present, the assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac, and Cluj, confessed that after his ordination the first thing that came to his mind…

As people across Romania are gripped by anxiety, hoping that the coronavirus doesn’t affect them, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat invited a doctor to address believers following the Sunday Divine Liturgy on how to avoid the spread of the new virus. “Dear brothers and sisters, seeing the anxiety and the disorder, because such a…

On Wednesday, March 4, 2020, His Beatitude, Patriarch Irinej of Serbia visited the Archdiocese Headquarters. In his welcoming remarks, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America expressed his joy in welcoming the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Serbia and highlighted the spirit of cooperation between the Churches, especially in the United States. He also emphasized…

On Monday, March 2, 2020, the second day of the spiritual retreat of the family of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology began with prayer. Then the series of spiritual talks continued with His Eminence Ephrem (Kyriakos), Metropolitan of Tripoli, Koura and their dependencies. Metropolitan Ephrem spoke on the most important spiritual and…

On Sunday, March 1, 2020, the family of the St. John of Damascus Institute of Theology began the Forty-day Lenten journey with a spiritual retreat in the Monastery of Our Lady of Balamand Patriarchate. The retreat includes a series of spiritual talks which began with His Grace Qais Sadiq, Bishop of Erzurum, who gave a…

His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey has released his Encyclical for this year’s Holy and Great Lent 2020. Read the full text below:   Holy and Great Lent 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…

His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey has released this year’s Encyclical for Sunday of Orthodoxy. Read the full text below:   Sunday of Orthodoxy 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 Catechetical and Greek Afternoon…

True fasting lies in rejecting evil, holding one’s tongue, suppressing one’s hatred and banishing one’s lust, evil words, lying and betrayal of vows. So, let your mind fast from vain thoughts; let your memory fast from remembering evil; let your will fast from evil desire; let your eyes fast from bad sights. True fasting means…