NEW YORK – His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received today in his office the visit of the Consul General of Cyprus in New York, Mr. Alexis Phedonos-Vadet, who brought a personal congratulatory letter from the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, on the occasion of the Archbishop’s election and enthronement. In…

  Orthodox clerics affiliated with the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa continue to persist in missionary and humanitarian works in one of the continent’s most hard-pressed areas, and in the face of continued threats and even persecution. Fr. Kong’ ai Neo is one such cleric, whose missionary work over the past years has spread…

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Metropolitan Hierotheos of Nafpaktos and St Vlassios At the end of an earlier article I said that in a future article I would deal with the term Autocephalous Church, which is misinterpreted. I am undertaking this task with this present study, in which I expand on the views that I have expressed briefly in the past. When we…

The emblematic Panagia Soumela Monastery in Trabzon, Turkey will not be open for the Dormition of Virgin Mary Divine Liturgy on August 15 since restoration works are not completed yet, according to a Skai television report. The monastery, which is the most sacred place for Pontian Greeks because of the miraculous holy icon of the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America travelled yesterday, June 28, to Jacksonville, Fla. where the Clergy-Laity Assembly of the Holy Metropolis of Atlanta is taking place June 25-29. The theme of the Assembly is “Go into all the world and proclaim the Good News to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15). Upon his arrival, the Archbishop…

  The Orthodox Bishop of Gulu and Eastern Uganda, His Grace Silvester, over the weekend presided at a service at the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, outside the capital of Kampala, on the Feast Day of the Holy Apostles. Silvester was ordained as a bishop by the Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine…

  The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, His Holiness Kirill, this week signed an agreement with Russian Labour and Social Protection Minister Maxim Topilin, aimed at promoting the development of volunteerism by the Russian Church’s bodies and the state’s social agencies.

  A celebratory Evening Vespers service was held on Sunday in northwest Athens’ Nea Ionia district Cathedral of Sts. Cosmas and Damianos, the 3rd century physician brothers and martyrs. The latter bear the title of Holy Unmercenaries, bestowed by the Church – in other words, saints who did not accept payment for good deeds. The…