His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios of America attended yesterday May 2, 2019, along with other religious leaders the National Day of Prayer Service at the White House Rose Garden. The previous evening, Wed. May 1, Archbishop Demetrios accompanied by Fr. Alexander Karloutsos participated in the formal dinner at the White House hosted by President Donald Trump…

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The Thursday of Bright Week, or Renewal Week, the first week following Easter Sunday, was celebrated on the Feast Day of the Zoodochos Pigis (or Holy Water) cathedral in the Sikies parish of Arta, in northwest Greece. The great vespers were presided by the Metropolitan of Arta, His Eminence Kallinikos. The Thursday of Bright Week…

A feature posted today in the Orthodoxia Νews Αgency’s web pages is devoted to the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea, with a relevant article written by the Metropolitan of Korea, His Eminence Ambrosios. The latter refers to the creation of the Orthodox Diaspora and to the issue of pastoral ministry.

More than 600 college students from across the country will participate at the National Orthodox Olympiad between May 1 and May 5, which this year is hosted in the city of Oradea. The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea, His Grace Sofronie, inaugurated the event with a blessing.

The Orthodox faithful of the metropolis of Shanghai celebrated the Resurrection of Christ and the Holy Saturday Divine Liturgy for the first time since 1965, and specifically at the Church of the Mother of God, which is located in the former French concession. The rector of the ethnic Russian community in Shanghai noted that for…

The annual assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church’s hierarchical council was held in Belgrade on Thursday, with the Serbian Patriarch, His Holiness Irinej, presiding. The assembly’s members were briefed on Church-related matters that arose over the previous year, as well as considering reports from Serbian Orthodox dioceses abroad.

The veneration of the Holy Icon of Our Lady Eleovrytissa, which dates from the 14th century and is located in the oil storeroom of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, took place on Friday at Monastery on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mt. Athos. The great vespers were observed on Thursday at Vatopedi’s Katholikon,…

Today the Church venerates Sts. Timotheos and Mavra, a newly-married Christian couple in Thebes, Egypt, who suffered martyrdom in the year 286, during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian.