The OTSA annual meeting will be held from 6 to 8 June 2024 at Hellenic College/Holy Cross (Boston) with the theme of: Who am I? Who are we? Orthodox Christian tradition and questions of identity. Conference papers and panels will explore and respond to the various layers and expressions of identity as understood in our…

On August 24th, the Elpida program of the Annunciation Cathedral in San Francisco will be hosting a multi-parish youth retreat, “Panagia, Parables, and Parea,” at Annunciation from 1-5pm. Parents must be present for the afterparty from 5-7. They will have transformed their gym into an inflatable wonderland with large slides, obstacle courses and more. Children…

NEW JERSEY – The Assembly of Bishops Executive Committee was held at the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America on June 4, 2024. The meeting began with a financial report followed by the approval of new board members for Orthodox Christian Prison Ministries (“OCPM”), Orthodox Christian Fellowship (“OCF”), and Orthodox Volunteer Corps (“OVC”). The…

On Monday, May 21 / June 3, 2024, the feast of Saints Constantine and Helen was celebrated in the Patriarchate. On this holiday, the Church commemorates the work of the great glorious king and equal to the apostles Saint Constantine, the recognition of Christianity as a free religion within the Roman state by the decree…

Patriarch Daniel of Romania explains how to overcome today’s family crisis in His Beatitude’s message for the Sunday of Parents and Children in the Romanian Orthodox Church. „Life and happiness are God’s gifts, and today’s family crisis can be overcome with the help and the blessing of God the Creator, Who said: Be fruitful and…

The Grand Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Georgios Tsetsis, fell asleep in the Lord at the age of 90 on the evening of Sunday, 2 June 2024, in Geneva. Who Was Fr. Georgios Tsetsis? Born on June 22, 1934, in Pikridio of Constantinople, Georgios Tsetsis was the son of Thomas and Helen (née Prousalis). Hailing…

Metropolitan Nikolai of Plovdiv has reiterated his decision not to seek the position of the new Patriarch of Bulgaria. Speaking to reporters, he emphasised that he will not be among the candidates in the upcoming elections for the Primate of the Bulgarian Church, following the passing of Patriarch Neophyte. While attending the reception of the…

In a bright atmosphere, the Sunday of the Samaritan Woman was celebrated at the Centre of Orthodoxy, coinciding with the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Synaxis of all the Holy Archbishops and Patriarchs of Constantinople. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided over the Divine Liturgy, co-celebrated by His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, His Eminence Metropolitan Eirinaios…

On Monday, 3 June 2023, in the absence of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew who was overseas, His Eminence Patriarchal Commissioner, Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, conducted a memorial service in the venerable Patriarchal Church of Saint George for the Late Grand Protopresbyter of Ecumenical Patriarchate, Georgios Tsetsis, who fell asleep in the Lord. “The…