Four Hellenic College students have just launched a new business venture, Orama Watches, with an ambitious philanthropic aim. Demetrius Karathanos from Illinois, Nicholas Metropulos from Florida, Aleksandar Pavlovic from North Macedonia, and Alejandro Zendejas from Mexico may be a diverse group in terms of background, but they share a common vision about socially conscious entrepreneurship….

There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 1 Corinthians 12:4-6 During the weekend of October 18 to 20, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph presided over a historic weekend…

The physician is not to be praised only when he leads the patient into gardens and meadows, or baths and pools of water, or when he sets a well-furnished table before him. He is also to be praised when he orders him not to eat, when he oppresses him with hunger and lays him low…

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The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, arrived in Hungary this week for an official visit, where he met in succession with Hungarian ministers and office-holders, as well as with the Primates of the major Christian denominations in the central European country. The situation in the Middle East, and especially…

The Metropolitan of Kampala, His Eminence Jonah, this week received a delegation from the Hands of Love charity, which is located on Cyprus. His Eminence welcomed the delegation’s members at the St. Nicholas Parish Church in NW Kampala, calling on them to continue their benevolent work, one which promotes the difficult work and challenges faced…

The 2020 budget of the Archdiocese of America has been approved, with his Eminence, Archbishop Elpidophoros, expressing his appreciation for the work done by all to accomplish the important task, saying the budget provides “…for notable changes in the current needs of our Archdiocese, while still being a balanced budget. I am especially grateful for…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday morning received Germany’s ambassador to Greece, Ernst Reichel at the Athens Archdiocese. Discussions revolved around issues of mutual interest.   Photos: Christos Mponis

Greek Church hierarchs this week continued to detail Orthodoxy’s dogmatic opposition to cremation, in the wake of the operation of the first crematorium in Greece, and specifically outside the south-central city of Halkida. Moreover, press reports this week cited the prospect of another two such units being opened in the country. As reported by the…