The Church venerates the memory of Sts. Xanthippe and Polyxena of Spain, sisters and disciples of the Apostles. Both tireless preached the faith and baptized numerous women into Christianity, living in the first century during the reign of Roman Emperor Claudius.    

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter Scale struck Albania. Many houses were damaged in Tirana and the port town of Durres. The country’s Orthodox Church supports the earthquake victims. The Albanian Orthodox Church provides food and clothing to the earthquake victims and it will also host some of the residents who were left homeless….

Over the weekend, two men were ordained to serve at the Lord’s Table for the growing Orthodox flock in the Philippines. On Saturday, the feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos, His Eminence Metropolitan Paul of Manila and Hanoi ordained Deacon Moses Cahilig to the holy priesthood, and the next day, Deacon Romanos…

The holding of an international summit in Athens within 2020 to deal with the risks faced by the world’s cultural heritage from climate change will reportedly be proposed by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during his address this week at a special climate conference held on the sidelines of the UN’s annual general assembly. Several…

The Patriarch of Romania on Sunday officiated the re-consecration of a church in the Aparatorii Patriei neighbourhood in Bucharest, saying that in that place ‘the village and the city gather in the joy of communion.’ Romanian village, a blessed place In his sermon, Patriarch Daniel referred to the Romanian village as a ‘blessed place’ that…

With the grace of God, the last unfinished Holy Parish Church of the Holy Metropolis of Congo-Brazzaville and Gabon was completed. This is the Holy Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord – Saint Cosmas the Aetolian in the city of Nkayi, the fourth most populous city in the Republic of Congo-Brazzaville. The above-mentioned Church…

  On Saturday, September 21, 2019 His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios visited the Greek festival of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Brockton, MA. His Eminence was greeted by pastor of the parish, Fr. Michael Kouremetis, and members of the parish council. His Eminence had the opportunity to walk through all the stations where he greeted…

NEW YORK – On Thursday, September 19, 2019 His Eminence Metropolitan Antony and Archbishop Daniel met with His Eminence Archbishop Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, spiritual father of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch, at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The three bishops discussed ministries of…

Saint Paul says “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” One might ask: ‘How is the body to become a sacrifice?’ Let the eye look on no evil thing, and it has already become a…