NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America joyfully announces that His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America appointed His Grace Bishop Demetrios of Mokissos as the Hierarchal Proistamenos of the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine in St. Augustine, FL, which falls directly under the auspices of the Archbishop. Among the duties and responsibilities…

  NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met yesterday, August 28, 2019, with the Executive Board members of the Archdiocesan Presbyters Council at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. This is the first meeting with the Presbyters Council officers since Archbishop Elpidophoros was enthroned as Archbishop of America in June 2019….

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A cultural and education program entitled “Days of St. Luke” began this week at Moscow’s “Clinic 67”, with an accompanying exhibition displaying icons depicting the miracles of St. Luke the Physician, as well as personal items, lectures and other cultural events. St. Luke the Physician, the Archbishop of Simferopol, was born in 1877 in Crimea….

The Monasteries on the semi-autonomous Orthodox monastic community of Mt. Athos on Wednesday celebrated the Great Feast Day of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Ever Virgin Mary. The Great Feast Day is also highly significant for the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, as tradition holds that the Catholicos – the main part of…

The former Patriarch of Jerusalem, the Elder Eirineos, was expected to arrive in Greece today, in order to continue his retirement at the Archdiocese of Athens’ new geriatric care center in Dilesi, north of the Greek capital. An intervention by Deputy Foreign Minister Antonis Diamantaris, who holds the expatriate Greeks’ portfolio, accelerated the process for…

A three-day session of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Holy and Sacred Synod begins on Thursday at the Monastery of the Holy Trinity on the small Marmara Sea isle of Halki. The Patriarchate’s Holy Synod comes a day after members of the Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod voted in favor of acknowledging the Ecumenical…

The Church today commemorates the martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Prophet, Forerunner and Baptist, John.

The upcoming period is deemed as significant for the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece, with the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Wednesday briefing members of the permanent Holy Synod over his most recent contacts with top ministers, as well as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Pending issues affecting Church-state relations remain…