A Remote Village in South America Struggling to get by on barely $250 per month, this young couple was living in a remote part of southern Brazil. They had left Calvinism and given up everything, just so they could become Orthodox Christians. In Brazil, Orthodox churches are very few and far between. Geraldo and Karen Silva were…

Greek-American mixed media fine artist Nia Tavlarides Stratos is the first United States artist to exhibit her work at the prestigious Art Museum of the Americas of the Organization of American States (AMA) and the first of Greek descent. She told The National Herald that her exhibition titled, “Revelation, Illumination, Transformation… explores the relationship between…

Honorary Patriarch Filaret, who has been challenging the dissolution of the Kyiv Patriarchate, did not attend. On Saturday, July 27, a regular meeting of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was held, chaired by Metropolitan Epifaniy. It is reported that all members of the Synod participated in the meeting, except for…

On Saturday, July 27, the eve of the feast of Holy Equal-of-the-Apostles Great Prince Vladimir and the St. Vladimir Celebrations, Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America & New York paid an archpastoral visit to St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson, NJ, where he led the festal All-Night Vigil. Serving with His Eminence were Archbishop Gabriel of…

Turkish citizens of Greek origin came together with Orthodox Christians from all over the world on Bozcaada to celebrate the traditional festival Members of the Greeks Orthodox community gathered Friday on the Aegean island of Bozcaada, off the coast of Çanakkale, to celebrate the traditional Agia Paraskevi Festival. The locals call the festival the “Ayazma”…

On Sunday, July 28, 2019, the three hierarchies, Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga of Kampala, Metropolitan Innocentios Byakatonda of Burundi and Rwanda and His Grace Bishop Silvestros Kisitu of Gulu and Eastern Uganda presided over holy Liturgy at St. Spyridon Orthodox Parish – Luguzi.   Also, His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga led the services in celebration of…

On the feast of Rus Baptism, the UOC will canonize three saints at Kiev-Pechersk Lavra – Bishops Basil (Bogdashevsky), Sylvester (Malevansky) and Fr. Alexander Glagolev. On July 28, 2019, during the Divine Liturgy on the feast of the Baptism of Rus, there will be a solemn canonization of the holy rectors of Kiev Theological Academy…

Many clergy and faithful from the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco traveled to the UK in order to attend the Enthronement Ceremony of His Eminence Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain Nikitas and join in prayer on this special day.  

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America celebrated the Feast of Saint Paraskevi, the Great-Martyr with the Divine Liturgy on July 26, 2019, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the same name, located in the Greenlawn hamlet of Long Island. “You and I are equally sons and daughters of our Father in heaven.  We are equally…