April 28, 2019 Holy Pascha The Feast of Feasts To the Most Reverend Hierarchs, the Reverend Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, the Presidents and Members of the Parish Councils of the Greek Orthodox Communities, the Distinguished Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Day, Afternoon, and Church Schools, the Philoptochos Sisterhoods, the Youth, the…

On Saturday night and early Sunday morning, April 27-28, Paschal celebrations were held in the Synodal Cathedral of the Sign in New York City, led by Eastern American Diocesan vicar Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan. Also taking part in the procession and Paschal Matins was Bishop Irenej of Eastern American (Serbian Orthodox Church), who celebrated Divine…

His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal LIturgy at the Cathedral church of Saint Sava on the feast day of the Resurrection of the Lord, 28 April 2019. In a prayerful attendance of His Grace Bishop Stefan of Remesiana, Vicar of the Serbian Patriarch and the head of the Saint Sava Cathedral, His…

Gov. Cuomo has pushed for seven heavy hitters to join a group trying to restart the stalled construction of a Greek Orthodox church at Ground Zero, The Post has learned. “He wants the church finished,” said supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, one of the seven. The moves come as the parishioners of St. Nicholas church are…

PISCATAWAY, NJ – His Eminence Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey presided over the Divine Liturgy, assisted by the presiding priest of the community, Archimandrite Nektarios Cottros and other priests, on April 29, honoring the feast day of St. George at the church of the same name in Piscataway. Metropolitan Evangelos spoke about the life of…

On the first day of the week of Magnificent Easter Seven, the Georgian Orthodox Church marks the date of blessing of graves. Church services for commemoration of souls of the dead people are held this day at all acting churches across Georgia. Orthodox believers prepare special food to carry to the cemeteries and congratulate the…

As Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated after the Paschal Liturgy, the Patriarch, in his epistle, emphasized patriotism, mutual forgiveness – everything that the Georgian nation needs so much. The Head of Government wished the country’s population, especially compatriots abroad, a Happy Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Christ. “I wish every Christian, every Orthodox…

Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy and head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphany of Kyiv and all Ukraine, met at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in the Ukrainian capital. “Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelenskiy and the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Metropolitan Epiphany are meeting at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery of Kyiv,” the Orthodox…

Scientists that participated in the closely watched “The Shroud of Turin Research Project” announced back in 1981 the first results from the years of research into the Shroud. Those results caused an emotional outpouring among believers, but also generated a new round of debate into whether or not the cloth cover the dead body of…