Whatever we prefer to God, we make it into a god for ourselves. Given that, don’t wage your Christian struggle with sermons and arguments, but with true love. We live in a world of a new form of slavery, in which we believe in the power of our own mind and that’s why we forget…

In his interview given to the leading Belgrade newspaper “Politika” of the 29th September 2019 His Holiness expressed his opinion on the Church – State Relations: In the past eight centuries, the relationship between the Church and the State has changed significantly. What is the situation today? Naturally, we have no illusion that the time of harmonious relation…

The Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, Romania has entered a new era of its existence. After 30 years of extensive consolidation and restoration work, the church, dedicated to St. Parascheva, the Presentation of the Lord, and St. George, has finally opened without scaffolding, fully revealing its grandeur and beauty, and just in time for the annual…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America speaks about the importance of church music in our worship and the vital role of clergy, chanters, and choirs in guiding others in worship and prayer. He also announces this year’s National Church Music Sunday to be commemorated on Sunday, October 6, 2019.     Each year, on the…

A reading of victims’ names at the time bullets flew two years ago marked the end on October 1 of the second anniversary of a shooting that killed 58 people at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Greek-American Greg Zanis, who made wooden crosses with victims’ names and photos, put them up…

Vladimir Legoyda recalled that an area of pastoral responsibility of the Russian Orthodox Church includes 16 independent states. The Chairman of the Synodal Department for the Relations of the Church with Society and Media of the Moscow Patriarchate, Vladimir Legoyda, said that the Russian Orthodox Church is not the Church of the Russian Federation only. He said this on October…

Mother Agnia (Minyailo), abbess of the Holy Protection-Krasnogorsk Monastery in the Cherkassy Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, reposed in the Lord on Tuesday, October 1, reports the Information-Education Department of the Ukrainian Church. Mother Agnia was 90 years old. She labored in asceticism at the monastery for 50 years, serving as abbess since 1997. Her funeral…

Archbishop Elpidophoros attended on Oct. 4, 2019, the installation of Dr. Thomas C. Katsouleas as the 16th President of the University of Connecticut. Dr. Katsouleas is a leading plasma scientist and engineer with deep academic roots in teaching and research. He began his term as president in August of 2019 after previously serving as executive…

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America has designated October 6, 2019 as Orthodox Christian Fellowship’s College Student Sunday. On this day, parishes across Orthodox jurisdictions recognize and honor their Orthodox College Students and take a special collection to support the work of OCF. “College is a time, not simply for…