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The Saint Maxim the Greek Institute, with the support of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopaidi, is introducing the ‘Evyenios Voulgaris’ Scholarship Programme. Evyenios Voulgaris (1716-1806) served as principal of the Athoniada School, which had been established by the Holy Monastery of Vatopaidi. In his day, he was the greatest and most important Greek…

This year marked the 68th celebration of Petrovdan for the Fresno faithful as we gathered as the Eucharistic parish community which has been mystically identified with Ss. Peter & Paul—through Christ—to specifically ask them to intercede in our behalf, and to glorify God “who is wonderful in His saints.” The day began with the celebration…

  Hundreds of worshippers from the greater New York City area gathered on Sunday for the annual Great procession of the miraculous icon of St. Irene Chrysovalantou – in the Astoria district in the borough of Queens – which was held after the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Orthodox Monastery of…

  The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, referred to the significant role played by Egypt, Greece and Cyprus in consolidating and preserving peace and stability in the southeast Mediterranean, addressing worshippers during a Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of St. Savvas the Sanctified, in Alexandria. “Our Greece, our Cyprus,…

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Sunday led a Holy Cross procession to the Monument to Vladimir the Great, in the Russian capital’s central Borovitskaya Square – and after an earlier prayer service at the Kremlin’s Assumption Cathedral. The prayer service marked the Day of the Christianization of the…

  The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, visited the Metropolis of Gortyna and Megalopoli, in the central Peloponnese of southern Greece, over the weekend. In the historic village of Stemnitsa, His Beatitude presided at the sacrament of marriage of two of his spiritual offspring, and also attended the Divine Liturgy at…

  Hundreds of faithful and clerics paid their last respects to the reposed in the Lord Metropolitan of Fthiotida, Nikolaos, with a requiem held on Sunday afternoon in the central Greece city of Lamia. The body of the Metropolitan will lay in state until Tuesday morning, with a Divine Liturgy to follow. A funeral service…

800 Years of the Autocephaly of the Serbian Orthodox Church: Endowed by God, Treasured by the People The hierarchs, clergy and delegates representing parishes and diocesan bodies from the three Dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States of America met July 13-16, 2019 at New Gracanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois and…