A wonderworking Kazan Icon of the Mother of God has returned to its home. The icon underwent extensive restoration at the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra, returning to the Kazan Church in Kurba in the Yaroslavl Province of Russia just a few days before the eve of the feast of the Kazan Icon of the Mother…

  November 8, 2019 Feast of the Synaxis of the Holy Archangels To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the reverend priests and deacons, the monks and nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods,…

  SAINT AUGUSTINE, Fla. – The Saint Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine invites one and all to a Christmas Open House on Sunday, December 8, from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Guests will be able to tour the Shrine and its exhibits and the ornate chapel on the premises, as well as meet newly-assigned Bishop…

  NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will convene a national conference on Greek Education with the theme: “The Vision for Greek Education in the United States.” The Conference will take place on Saturday, November 9, 2019, at the facilities of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church of Flushing (196-10 Northern Blvd, Flushing,…

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The elder Metropolitan of Peristeri, Chrysostomos, reposed in the Lord on Thursday afternoon. As previously reported by this site, the Church hierarch had been treated in a hospital intensive care ward since Tuesday. Born Chrysostomos Zafiris in 1935 in the northwest Greek city of Arta, he graduated from the Halki School of Theology in 1960….

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, will convene a national conference on the theme of Greek-language education, entitled: “The Vision for Greek Education in the United States.” The conference will take place on Saturday at the facilities of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Flushing, NY, and will be attended by representatives of organizations…

Orthodox priest Dimitris Tanaka, a native of Japan, issued an emotional message this week over Greece’s contribution to humanity’s civilization. Fr. Tanaka has lived in Athens while studying at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. His message read: “…My Beloved Greeks, your generosity is great and immeasurable … from antiquity until today, you have brought…

The fate of the iconic Church of the Holy Savior of Chora now apparently rests with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following a Turkish high court decision opening the way for the 12th Byzantine Church to revert into a mosque, from its current status as a museum. The increasingly authoritarian and Islamist-leaning Turkish leader is…