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…

The procession participants are heading for the Holy Dormition Pochaev Lavra to participate in celebrations of the Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God. On July 25, 2019, at 13:00, participants in the traditional international cross procession, which is going from Poland through the Republic of Belarus to Pochaev, crossed the Ukrainian border, reports Svetlana…

Not a single girl has been born in a district of Uttarakhand in northern India since April, while 216 newborn boys have been recorded. Authorities suspect that sex-selective terminations have been carried out in as many as 132 villages in the region. Abortion by gender was banned in India 25 years ago, following a growing…

The Enthronement Ceremony of the new Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, Nikitas, took place on Saturday, July 27, 2019 at the Cathedral of the Holy Wisdom, Bayswater, London. Metropolitan Emmanuel of France represented His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Many hierarchs, clergymen, dignitaries, and diplomats, together with faithful and many youth and young adults attended…