Greece celebrates the Dormition of the Virgin Mary on Thursday, a major holiday that also traditionally signals the last mass exodus from cities for summer holidays before schools open. Celebrations abound every year throughout Greece, with the largest crowds arriving at the island of Tinos, where an 1836 royal decree extends them to August 23….

Priests, doctors, and social workers have teamed up again for a unique mission trip along the Ob River in central Russia. The missionaries plan to visit 45 remote settlements in this 23rd annual voyage of the Apostle Andrew the First- Called missionary ship, reports Vesti Novosibirsk. ​ The clergy meet with Orthodox faithful in the lightly-populated…

On August 14th, 2019, His Grace Bishop Silvester took part in the great Vespers for the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God at St. Nicolas Cathedral Namungoona. The Bishop performed a thanksgiving service and blessing of the bread. In today’s vespers we are celebrating the eve of 15th August feast of the…

From August 10-14, 2019, the Moscow Patriarchate Pilgrimage Center held the 2nd St. Nicholas Pilgrims Assembly in Demre, Turkey. It was conducted together with the Russian Art and Culture Society in Antalya and with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Demre city council and the Tour Operators and Hoteliers Society…

His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael today announced on August 14, 2019 the appointment of the Very Reverend Father Timothy Bakakos as Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago. He will begin in his new role on September 1. “As the most senior priest in the Metropolis of Chicago, Fr. Timothy brings a wealth of experience,…

President of the Greek Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos attended a liturgy at the Church of Panagia Soumela on Mt. Vermion, northern Greece, on the occasion of Thursday’s Dormition of the Virgin Mary, and a memorial service which marked the centennial of the genocide of 353,000 Pontian Greeks. In statements at the church in Kastania, Imathia prefecture,…

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with a delegation from the National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC), including The Rt. Rev. W. Darin Moore (Chair), Jim Winkler (General Secretary and President), and Dr. Tony Kireopoulos (Associate Secretary General). After exchanging gifts, the structure and needs of both sides were discussed….

Archbishop Elpidophoros received on Wed, August 14, 2019 Metropolitan Tikhon of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) for their first official visit. The two hierarchs discussed the developing relationship between the Archdiocese and the OCA in recent years, committing to deepening cooperation. They continued with the topic of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of…

The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church has ceased to exist, Vekhovnaya Rada’s official gazette announced yesterday, August 14. “On July 29, 2019, an entry was made in the national register of legal entities, self-employed individuals and public organizations about the end of the existence of ‘The Patriarchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church’ by way of…