On this day of the Lord 11th-08-2019, His Grace Bishop Silvester was on a Pastrol visit to the Parish of Ever virgin Mother of God, the Zoodohos pigi (source of life), in Idure Northern Uganda where he celebrated Holy Liturgy. After, there was a thanksgiving service and blessing of the bread plus other gifts. The…

As every year, the closing ceremony of the 3rd Camp period for High School Students (4-6 August 2019) was held at the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in Gapyeong, whose Feast Day is celebrated on August 6th. Following the Service of Orthros and the Divine Liturgy, a Meal of Love was offered to all participants of the…

On Sunday, July 30/ August 11, 2019, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem, above the God-receiving Cave, where our Lord Jesus Christ was born in the flesh. This Divine Liturgy was celebrated on the centenary completion since the foundation of…

CHERRY HILL, NJ – Since March 2019, the Saint Thomas Greek Orthodox Church in Cherry Hill, NJ, under the guidance of the Parish Priest, V. Rev. Fr. Christoforos Oikonomidis and the Parish Council President Anastasios Efstratiades, is undertaking a major renovation project that will completely redesign the interior and exterior of the Church. On May…

I want to pay special attention to our youth, youth is clever, wise, but evil power is trying to take our new generation from God, – said Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said in his Sunday sermon. Patriarch spoke about Georgia’s past, present and future. As Ilia II noted, the new generation should learn…

About 50 scholars from 11 countries took part in the international theological conference, “The Athonite Heritage and the Tradition of Hesychasm in the History and Culture of Ukraine,” in Odessa on July 20. The forum was timed to the 170th anniversary of the birth and 25th anniversary of the glorification of St. Gabriel the Wonderworker…

His Holiness Patriarch Irinej presided at the Holy Liturgy in the Ružica Church in the Kalemegdan citadel of Belgrade, and on that occasion ordained into the degree of a deacon Dr. Srboljub Ubiparipović, Assistant Professor of Liturgics at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology, University of Belgrade (View photogallery HERE). On the day of celebration of the venerable Martyr Paraskeve of Rome, on August 8, 2019,…

Only consciously overcoming temptations and trials, we can make our faith stronger and increase spiritual strength. The erroneous idea that faith constantly needs proof and confirmation is a false path leading away from the true knowledge of faith and God. The UOC Chancellor, Metropolitan Anthony of Borispol and Brovary, said this in a material published…

On Saturday, July 28/ August 10, 2019, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Holy Father John the New Hozevite from Romania at the Holy Monastery of his ascetic life, the ancient Monastery of Hozeva, which is located by the bank of brook Chorath, near Jericho. On this day, primarily the Church of Jerusalem, but…