The Church today venerates the memory of Sophia and her three daughters: Pistis, Elpis, and Agape, which in English translates into Faith, Hope and Love. Mother and daughters were born in second century Italy, during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian. Pistis was 12 years old, Elpida 10, and Apage 9. All three were tortured…

The annual Greek-Serbian Orthodox and Cultural Friendship Day was celebrated last Sunday in Rooty Hill, Sydney, bringing together Serbian, Greek and other Orthodox faithful. On the initiative of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St Stefan, the event has been taking place every September since 1994, with the local expatriate Serbian community expressing its appreciation for…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Monday emphasized the importance in investing in education, speaking on the occasion of this month’s beginning of the new academic year and during his attendance at a sanctification service at a Church-affiliated daycare center north of the Greek capital. “The best investment is in our…

We who are given the fullness of true Christianity are obliged to be working on ourselves, to be watching the signs of the times, and to be extremely joyful, as St. Paul is constantly saying: ‘Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say: Rejoice!’ (Phil. 4:4). We rejoice because we have something which all…

BOSTON – The presiding priest of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox parish in Bahamas Fr. Irenaeus Cox in an exclusive interview with The National Herald described the magnitude of the destruction caused by hurricane Dorian. “Right now in the Bahamas things are very bad at Grand Bahamas and Abaco. Communications here is up and down as…

On September 14, 2019, the Holy Synod considered an appeal from Archbishop John (Renneteau), head of the Archdiocese of Western European Parishes of Russian Tradition, who expressed the desire of a majority of the Archdiocese’s clergy and parishes to preserve its existence through entering the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church and asked for the…

The cross is the sign of a life-giving work,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Saturday on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Holy Cross, he added, ‘is stronger than sin, hell and death and that is why it is considered the protector of Christians and a sign of victory over…

The collected works of the Orthodox theologian Georges Florovsky are being translated into Romanian language by the Reintregirea Publishing House of the Alba Iulia Archdiocese. The translation project is coordinated by Fr. Oliviu Botoi, cultural counsellor of the archdiocese. The Romanian translation of Fr Florovsky’s first two volumes on ‘Bible, Church, Tradition’ and ‘Christianity and…

  NEW YORK – On Friday, September 13, 2019, ten Pan-Orthodox organizations concluded a vibrant and productive meeting on the crisis of homelessness. The twenty experts arrived at the following common multi-faceted understanding: As Orthodox Christians, we are called to love our neighbors by feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting those in prison, etc….