Our Church today refers to the call of the first Holy Apostles by our Lord Jesus Christ, in order to show us visible examples of holiness, which we can follow so that we can also enter like them into the Kingdom of Heaven. Precisely because the teaching of our Church is based for approximately two…

On 22 September, 2019, the feast of the Holy and Righteous Joachim and Anna, His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej participated prayerfully in the Divine Liturgy in the Belgrade Cathedral of the Holy Archangel Michael and received the Holy Gifts (photo gallery).   Source: spc.rs

On September 19, 2019, Hellenic College Holy Cross welcomed to the campus Dr. Fotios Tzermpos, Assistant Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Dentistry. Dr. Tzermpos presented those present with an informative lecture on “Saint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol and Crimea, the Blessed Surgeon.”  

Filled with grace through the threefold Sun, thou didst illumine Christ’s chosen vessel. When thou hadst preached the faith, thou wast strengthened in grace by thy contests. O Apostle Ananias, grant the prayers of those who hymn thee. Troparion for Saint Ananias (Tone 4)​​   The weekend of August 24-25, 2019 saw two significant milestones…

On Saturday, September 8/21, 2019, the Jerusalem Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Nativity of Theotokos at the monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen. On this feast the Church commemorates the fast that Mary was given by God to her parents Joachim and Anna, who were childless but pious, and kept entreating God to…

Marking the World Peace Day, United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Lebanon, Hamad Saeed Al Shamsi, organized a gathering at the Embassy headquarters in Yarzeh, with “Diplomacy for Peace” as its main theme. Within the context of the “Year of Tolerance” initiatives, the UAE Ambassador also honored Beirut’s Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Archbishop Elias Aoudeh and Mufti…

Archbishop Elpidophoros of America today convened the first ever Monastic Assembly in the United States to promote the value and importance of monasticism in our Orthodox Christian tradition and the spiritual life of the faithful. The abbots and abbesses of 18 monasteries are attending the Assembly, which is taking place at the Holy Monastery of…

MONASTIC SYNAXIS Keynote Address By His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros (St. Nektarios Monastery, September 21–22, 2019) Your Eminences, venerable members of the Holy Eparchial Synod, Very reverend abbots and abbesses of the precious monasteries of our Church, It is my privilege and pleasure to welcome all of you to this historical and national synaxis of monastic…

New Skete on Mount Athos is one of two sketes attached to St. Paul’s Monastery. It is located between St. Paul’s Monastery and St. Anne’s Skete. The skete was founded in the 18th century. In 1760, the central church of the skete (the kiriakon) was built and dedicated to the Nativity of the Theotokos. Next…