His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America met President Donald J. Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Also present at the meeting were Vice President Mike Pence; Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar; and Vicar General of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Fr….

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An exact replica of the miracle-working icon of the Panaghia Tricherousa, or “Virgin with Three Hands”, which is displayed at the Hilandar Monastery on Mt. Athos, was conveyed to the St. Nicanoros Cathedral in the northwest city of Kastoria. A celebratory Vesper and Divine Liturgy, con-celebrated by the Metropolitan of Kastoria, His Eminence Seraphim, was…

  The Metropolitan of Elbasan, His Eminence Antonios, visited children at a Metropolis-run summer camp in central Albania on Sunday, which coincided with the commemoration of the Holy Fathers of the 4th Ecumenical Council. While there, His Eminence presided at a Divine Liturgy attended by the young campers.

  The Romanian Orthodox Church this week announced that the Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, will bestow the Patriarchal Cross, the Church’s highest distinction, to top tennis player Simona Halep — days after she won this year’s Wimbledon tournament in the final against Serena Williams. Halep begins each of her matches by making…

  The Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, His Eminence Hilarion, this week announced that the Russian Orthodox Church believes that personal contacts between the presidents of Russia and the Ukraine will bring both sides closer, especially in terms of major differences in national issues that have arisen over the past decade. Hilarion, who heads the Russian Church’s…

  The new Archbishop of Australia, Makarios, on Tuesday received members of a schismatic parish, and specifically from the non-canonical St. Spyridonas parish in Clayton. The meeting took place at the offices of the Archdiocese in Sydney. According to reports, the Archbishop accepted a request for a resumption of dialogue to restore the parish’s canonical…

His Holiness Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, the beloved spiritual father of all Georgia, celebrated his 59th mass infant Baptism at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi yesterday on the feast of St. Cosmas and Damian of Rome. The Georgian primate became the Godfather to another 564 children this time, reports 1tv.ge. The Baptisms were celebrated in the second…

EXCLUSIVE Interview with His Excellency Archbishop Job of Telmessos Was the Pope’s gesture to transfer a portion of St. Peter’s relics to the Ecumenical Patriarchate known beforehand, or a surprise to you and the delegation you led to the Vatican? It was a great surprise to all of us, even for the Vatican and ……