Archaeologists, from the Kinneret Academic College and Nyack College of New York believe they have unearthed the Church of the Apostles that, according to Tradition, was built on the site of the home of the great apostles Sts. Peter and Andrew. The village of Bethsaida, where the brothers lived, is today part of the Bteikha…

The Church today venerates the memory of St. Pelagia of Tinos, who discovered the miracle-working but lost Our Lady of Tinos icon in 1822, on the eponymous Cyclades island months before the Greek Revolution erupted in 1821. The icon is conveyed from the iconic Our Lady of Tinos Cathedral, in the island’s capital, only on…

His Grace Bishop Irinej of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Eastern America met yesterday afternoon with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Ambassador for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback in Washington, DC. The meeting took place on the sidelines of the second annual Ministerial Conference on Religious Freedom at the initiative of the State…

National Youth Conference 2019 Yes (July 13-16) in conjunction with the Church Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Dioceses in the USA First and foremost, we are grateful to those parishes who made the effort to fully sponsor one of their youth to come to such an amazing gathering. It is truly a joy when the…

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  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, this week inaugurated the first memorial to theologian and Orthodox neomartyr Pavel Florensky, who was executed in 1937.  

  The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Sunday attended events commemorating the grim anniversary of the Turkish invasion in Cyprus in July 1974 — organized by local Cypriot organizations, and held at the Archangel Michael Cathedral in Port Washington, New York. The Archbishop also presided at a memorial service for the victims of…

Speaking from Parliament’s podium to announce her ministry’s policy statements, new Education and Religious Affairs Minister Niki Kerameos on Monday cited the first initial discussions she had last week with Church of Greece hierarchs, merely reiterating that dialogue will continue based on respect of the distinct roles and lines between Church and state.

  His Eminence Archbishop Makarios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, having been informed of the tragic event regarding the senseless shooting of 16 year old Greek-Australian youth, Alex Gatis, of Adelaide immediately sent out the following statement: “I was informed with much pain of the shooting of our Greek-Australian 16 year old…