The Holy Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada would like to inform with much happiness and glory to God, the following new ordinations to the clergy: George Kodogeorgakis 28 years old, a graduate of our Theological Academy, was made a monk and took the name Nikodimos. On April 30, 2019, he was ordained a Deacon at the…
Recently Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has stated that the Church of Greece is the first Local Orthodox Church in the world to recognize “The Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCUP) after the Church of Constantinople, which has created it. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations who recently has…
On July 25, following a long illness, the ROCOR Eastern American Diocese reported that their cleric, Archpriest John Moses of the Holy Myrrhbearers Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia, has reposed in the Lord. Earlier, it was reported that Father Moses was suffering from kidney disease. Father Moses was known for his blog, “The Ramblings of a Redneck Priest”,…
The Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church was met at the airport by Bishop Tikhon of Gostomel. On July 26, 2019, the hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Arseny of Niš (Glavcic), arrived at the festivities on the occasion of the 1031th anniversary of Baptism of Rus in Kiev, reported the Department for External…
Homily of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Archieratical Divine Liturgy for the Feast of Saint Paraskevi Saint Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Shrine Church Greenlawn, New York July 26, 2019 My Dear Sisters and Brothers, Beloved Children in the Lord! As King David sang in the Psalms (67:36), so do we declare today: Θαυμαστὸς ὁ…
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Chaired by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos, at its 110th Meeting of July 12/25, 2019, unanimously lifted the degradation of Monk Eirinaios and restored Him to the Episcopal Office, which he formerly held, and to the degree of the Former Patriarch of…
His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Friday celebrated the Divine Liturgy at one of Constantinople’s churches founded by Ruler Prince Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu in 1692. The Church is dedicated to the glorious Virgin-Martyr Saint Paraskevi and has been the spiritual home of Romanians in Istanbul and the surroundings since 2004. This year’s patronal feast was…
A relic of St. Basil the Great, the early Church Archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, Asia Minor, was conveyed by the Church of Greece’s Holy Synod on Thursday evening to the Cathedral of St. Paraskevi, in the northeast city of Komotini, on the occasion of Friday’s Feast Day. A celebratory Divine Liturgy was held in…
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