His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines attended this week to the Nursing home in Maroubra to visit Mrs Alice Doumani who turned 97 this week. Alice is the granddaughter of the Very Reverend Fr. Nicholas Shehadie, who established the Church of St George a century…
On Friday, December 13, 2019 a group of students from the Hellenic Academy of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Lowell, MA together with their parish priest Fr. Nicholas Pelekoudas and their teachers visited the Philoxenia House. His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios together with the residents of the home welcomed the children to the home….
On the evening of December 12, 2019 His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios welcomed the members of Metropolis of Boston Youth Dance Group, their instructors, and their families to the Metropolis, headquarters. It has become a wonderful tradition for the members of the group to come to the Metropolis and decorate the traditional Christmas tree. The children…
On the evening of December 11, 2019 His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios presided over the Hierarchal Great Vespers at the Cathedral of Saint Spyridon in Worcester, MA. His Eminence, together with the pastors of the community, Fr. Christopher Stamas and Fr. Nicholas Livingston, clergy from throughout the Metropolis, and the faithful of the community celebrated the…
His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, hosted a reception for principals of elementary and secondary schools in the territory of the Archdiocese of Belgrade-Karlovac, at the Serbian Patriarchate in Belgrade on 12 December 2019. The festive reception began with Lord’s Prayer sung by a choir of students from the Faculty of Theology of the University of…
Byzantine Chant is not just another form of music. It is a tool on which we can pray better. It is, in fact, a form of melodic prayer. If the music in general is composed to be listened to, the psaltic music is made to pray to the fullest and therefore it sounds best in…
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Members of the US Senate on Thursday unanimously voted to recognize the Armenian genocide of 1915 by Ottoman empire troops and irregulars, a long-awaited development that marks a significant diplomatic defeat for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and a vote in defiance of attempts by US President Donald Trump to prevent the recognition. Sen….
The Feast Day of St. Spyridonas was celebrated on Thursday throughout the island republic of Cyprus, the saint’s birthplace, and with particular splendor at the Cathedral dedicated to St. Spyridonas, in Nicosia’s Strovolos municipality. A celebratory Divine Liturgy was officiated by the Bishop of Mesaoria, His Grace Grigorios, with numerous worshippers hailing from the…