A blessing was held on the occasion of the new academic year at the Greek School operated by the Orthodox parish of the Holy Cross, in the Queens neighborhood of Whitestone, in NYC. The parish’s presiding priest, Archimandrite Dionysios Anagnostopoulos, wished teachers and pupils a good and blessed academic year.   

The 2019-2020 academic year began in Greece on Wednesday. The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, officiated at the traditional blessing ceremonies at two Athens-area elementary schools. The Primate of the Church of Greece was joined by Deputy Education & Religious Affairs Minister Sofia Zacharaki. Afterwards, the Archbishop wished pupils and teachers success…

Today marks the 18-year anniversary of the shocking 9/11 attacks, a coordinated terrorist operation that claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people. Nineteen militants on a suicide mission, planned by the Islamist extremist group al Qaeda, hijacked four airplanes and slammed them into three targets in the continental United States. Two of the planes were…

The parishioners of the Church of Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in the Airport Neighbourhood, Chisinau, experienced moments of spiritual gladness and elation on the 12th Sunday after the Pentecost, visited by Metropolitan Vladimir of Chisinau and all Moldova. Thus, on Sunday, 8th of September, the Feast of Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia, the parish rector, archpriest…

The Thayer Estate, a 65-room mansion once owned by the Greek Orthodox Church, among others, is on the market for a mere $3.25 million, according to an article in Architectural Digest (AD). Located on 60 acres in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the mansion recently served as one of the sets for the latest film adaptation of Louisa…

Revised plans for a new childcare centre and other facilities on the Greek Orthodox Church, Gymea site have been recommended for approval. A Sutherland Shire Council assessment supported a 26.7 per cent variation in landscaping space requirements and a minor breach of the building height involving the bell tower. The report rejected traffic and parking…

A new large scale study of young people shows four in ten young people are anxious about important decisions and uncertain about the future. Christian research organisation Barna Group partnered with international Christian children’s charity World Vision to survey more than 15,000 young adults across 25 countries. The report, ‘The Connected Generation’, found that the…

His Eminence Metropolitan Aristarch of Kemerovo and Prokopiev of the Russian Orthodox Church and His Grace Bishop Joanikije of Budimlje-Niksic served the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Saint Basil of Ostrog in Niksic on 8 September 2019. Many priests, monks and deacons of both dioceses served with the prayerful presence of the…

The Diocese of Raska-Prizren prayerfully celebrated 8 September 2019 in the church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul near Novi Pazar significant jubilees: 1000 years of the first written mention of the Diocese of Raska and 8 centuries of the autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Holy Hierarchal Liturgy was served by Metropolitan Amfilohije…