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15.12.2019 | 13:45
165,000 visitors expected in Israel for Christmas
Israel’s Tourism Ministry is ready to welcome en estimated 165,000 faithful who are expected to arrive in Israel for the Christmas holiday. Starting at 2 PM on Christmas Eve, December 24, through 2:00 PM on Christmas Day, the Tourism Ministry will offer free roundtrip shuttle transportation, helping pilgrims who travel between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Buses…
15.12.2019 | 12:54
Encyclical for the Nativity of Christ 2019 by His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden
His Eminence Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden has released his Encyclical for the Nativity of Christ. Read the full text below: Reverend Fathers, Your Excellencies, Honorable government officials and civic leaders, Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Included among the many symbolic elements found within the historical framework of Christ’s Nativity is the star…
15.12.2019 | 11:26
His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios of Canada issues Christmas Encyclical
His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios of Canada has released his Christmas Encyclical. You can read the full text below: Darkness covers once more cities and towns while our souls wait and our anguish abounds. Lies and bitter hatred have poisoned us all the tragically spilled blood of countless dead. Come dear Christ to us who patiently…
15.12.2019 | 10:27
Skete of the Announciation (Bogoroditsa)
The skete Bogoroditsa belongs to the Holy Monastery of Saint Panteleimon. It is situated in a forested area, between the monasteries of Vatopedi and Pantokrator. It lies on the site of the preexisting monastery of Xylourgos. Xylourgos (meaning Carpenter) had been a fully, independent Russian community known from as early as 1020. The majority of…
14.12.2019 | 15:07
Mt. Pritchard’s Arabic School graduation
In January of this year and with blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Basilios Kodseie of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines, the parish registered as a community language school with the Department of Education. On Monday 9 December, the Arabic School of Saint Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Dormition…
14.12.2019 | 15:00
Metropolitan Basilios visits Alice Doumani on her 97th birthday
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…
14.12.2019 | 13:47
Students from the Hellenic Academy of Lowell, MA visit the Philoxenia House of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston
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….
14.12.2019 | 13:36
Metropolis of Boston Dance Group visits the Metropolis Headquarters
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…
14.12.2019 | 13:27
Hierarchal Great Vespers for the Feast Day of St. Spyridon the Wonderworker in Worcester, MA
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…
