Archaeologists have discovered three sixth-century Greek inscriptions — complete with bad grammar and misspellings — in the remains of a burnt church in the Hippos-Sussita Excavation Project, near Israel’s Sea of Galilee. The Hippos/Sussita site is an archaeological dig in Israel overlooking the Sea of Galilee. Its name encompasses both the Greek word for horse,…

Photos from the celebration of St. Irene the Righteous of Chrysovalantou at the Female Monastery of Holy Cross, Mangrove Mountain NSW, presided by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios. greekorthodox.org.au

The process has slowed down during presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine. Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Epifaniy (Epiphanius) says that over 500 parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) changed their denomination in the past six months and joined the newly…

ASTORIA – The festival at St. Irene Chrysovalantou in Astoria began on Thursday, July 25 with a large crowd in attendance for the annual celebration, a highlight event of the summer for Queens’ residents.   The opening day started off with the blessing presided over by His Grace Bishop Ierotheos of Efkarpia, Abbot of the…

Do not be afraid of the fatigue, the Lord sends the trial to mankind, but also gives joy and strength, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said in his Sunday sermon. Patriarch recalled the history of the creation of chant “I’m tired, come to me, Lord!”. “All of humanity is tired, but the grace of…

The destination of the procession was the Monument to Vladimir the Great on Moscow’s central Borovitskaya Square. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill led the Holy Cross Procession to the Monument to Vladimir the Great on Moscow’s central Borovitskaya Square after a prayer service at the Kremlin’s Assumption Cathedral earlier on Sunday. Prince Vladimir…

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…