“The harvest is plentiful…and it’s not all wheat.” Reverend Presbyter Nikolas Delaveris opened his session on the Saint Anastasia Fellowship, an Addictions Ministry and Support Group within the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese, with the words of a mentor from his days as a seminarian chaplain. What this means, he said, is that the resources of an…

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. At today’s panel discussion, leaders of the Cypriot American community offered their reflections on the island’s tragic history, as well as the strategic plans available for a freer future. Patriarchal Representative His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain and His Eminence Archbishop…

Patriarch John X congratulates the Patriarch of Bulgaria “We received the news of your election with joy, and we ask God Almighty to support you.” Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East John X sent a message of congratulations to Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria following his election to the patriarchal throne. The message…

When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule from a pivotal period in the Mediterranean world following the death of Alexander the Great. But determining the date of the Kyrenia shipwreck with any sort of…

Newly-elected Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria delivered an inspiring speech during his enthronement ceremony held yesterday at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new Patriarch began, “Today, the holy Orthodox Church in its fullness celebrates the memory of all the saints and especially the Synaxis of the twelve glorious and all-praiseworthy apostles. It is a great and…

On All Saints’ Sunday, and the day of the great feast of the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles, 30 June 2024, the Enthronement Ceremony of the new Metropolitan Nicodemus of Nigeria, took place at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Lagos. The Hierarchical Concelebration was led by the Patriarch’s representative, His Eminence Metropolitan…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia announces the decision of the Tripartite Misdemeanour Court of Kavala, dated 18 June 2024, which sentenced Ms Vasiliki Morali to eleven (11) months imprisonment with a three-year suspension due to her criminal activities involving repeated defamatory slander and insult through the internet. This decision, as a first-degree jurisdiction of the…

The first full session day of the 47th Clergy-Laity Congress was packed with opportunities— often running concurrently—to engage more with the people and the ideas behind the Archdiocese’s ministries. During these committee meetings, department directors reviewed their progress since the last Congress in 2022 and engaged in discussion with attendees about the strengths, challenges, and…

July 1, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended the meeting of the National Sisterhood of Presvyteres for this 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress. His Eminence offered memorial prayers for all the presvyteres who fell asleep in the Lord since the last Clergy-Laity Congress. Sister Presvyteres Who Fell Asleep in the Lord July 2022 — June…