On Saturday, September 21, 2019, His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios visited the Annunciation Cathedral Greek Festival in Brookline, MA. The Cathedral’s Festival was held on September 20, 21, and 22 and once again hosted thousands on the Cathedral Center grounds. His Eminence visited with parishioners working at the Festival and those attending. He stopped by the…

  MEDIA ADVISORY Mon., Sept. 23, 2019 9:30 a.m. Agiasmos (Blessing) Service at the National Philoptochos Center of Philanthropy Meeting of the National Philoptochos Board National Philoptochos Headquarters, 126 East 37th Street, NYC 1:30 p.m. Visit of the Alternate Minister of the Greek Government for Citizen Protection, responsible for Migration Policy Giorgos Koumoutsakos Archdiocese Headquarters,…

The Patriarch of Antioch and the East, His Beatitude John X, on Sunday met with the Russian Orthodox Church’s Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, in the central Lebanese city of Zahle. Hilarion, who is also the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, conveyed the best wishes of the Russian Orthodox…

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International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September every year. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are approximately 72 million deaf people worldwide. More than 80% of them live in developing countries. Collectively, they use more than 300 different sign languages. Sign languages are fully…

  Hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian Christians took to the streets on Sunday in a mass protest against the burning of churches and attacks on worshipers around the Horn of Africa country. Since last July, 30 churches have been attacked, while almost 100 worshipers have been killed. Ethiopian Orthodox church leaders met with government officials…

  The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, this week addressed a message to pupils, parents and teachers on the occasion of the beginning of the new academic year, emphasizing that a comprehensive education promotes scientific knowledge and a culture of spiritual values. The Patriarch also blessed university students and lecturers, calling on them…

  A delegation from the Moscow Patriarchate’s external Church relations department attended last week’s Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting, which was held in Warsaw, Poland. Delegates at the meeting, among others, discussed the need for governments in Europe to take measures to ensure religious freedoms, to prevent hate crimes, as well as…

  Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, over the weekend convened the first ever monastic assembly in the United States. The assembly aimed to promote the value and importance of monasticism in the Orthodox Christian tradition as well as the spiritual life of the faithful. The abbots and abbesses of 18 monasteries attended the assembly,…