NEW YORK – In commemoration of the Holy Three Hierarchs (Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom), on January 30th, the Office of Education of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America organizes the following events to celebrate Greek Letters and Arts: Thursday, January 30, 2020 9:00 a.m. Archieratical Divine Liturgy…

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A lecture by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, has been posted today on the pages of the Orthodoxia News Agency. The lecture, in Greek, is part of the “Lessons of Athos” series, aired by the Piraeus Church’s radio station. The lecture is entitled “Human Reprobation”.

Members of an episcopal council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro convened on Wednesday to discuss the stance that the Church will maintain in the face of a controversial law passed in the country, one that drastically affects religious institutions. The Church in the small Adriatic nation has repeatedly warned that the specific law…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, this week received the Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, who arrived in the Holy Land with the blessing of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill. Hilarion is also the chairman the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. The head…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, completed a tour of the Hawaiian Islands this week. On Sunday, he presided over an Archieratical Divine Liturgy at the Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Honolulu. In a Homily, the Archbishop said “…What a marvelous thing to be here with you in Honolulu today, to…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, referred to a future with young people hand in hand, in an interview with the ethnic Greek radio program SBS Greece. His Eminence underlined that a basic purpose of his ministry is to listen to young people, to hear their problems and concerns, and to learn what they…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, referred to the role of religious faith in creating a sustainable world and social cohesion, speaking at the 50th World Economic Forum this week in Davos, Switzerland. His All Holiness, in an address, also referred to the value of dialogue as a primary means towards…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel Thursday officiated a Te Deum service at the patriarchal cathedral in Bucharest marking the 161st founding anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities. On 24 January Romanians celebrate the 1859 Union of the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which represented the first step towards the creation of the modern Romanian…