His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, accompanied by the chancellor of the Archdiocese, V. Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Papazafiropoulos, made a pilgrimage to the Sacred Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of St. Irene Chrysovalantou to offer memorial prayers for the repose of the soul of its late Abbot, Bishop Ierotheos of Eukarpia, who fell asleep in the…

Dear sisters in the Lord, I am so happy to welcome all of you here at our National Headquarters today so that I can personally tell you how very pleased I am to meet you – our Greek Orthodox Archdiocese National Girl Delegates to the UN, for the first time as an official program. This…

The largest standing architecture at the ruined city of Sardis is not its famous Temple of Artemis, the fourth largest Ionic temple of antiquity, but is instead the massive but little-published fortification that sits on its Acropolis. This paper delivers preliminary results from new study of the Byzantine fortifications on the Acropolis at Sardis, part…

Washington—George Vorkas, Chairman of the AHEPA Educational Foundation announced today that the Foundation has agreed to establish the Zavaras-Angelidou Scholarship for Greek Studies. “We are proud to announce that Dr. Katerina A. Zavaras-Angelidou MD, has agreed to establish the Zavaras-Angelidou Scholarship for Greek Studies. The gift will be added to the value of the AHEPA…

On Saturday 9th of March, the Christians of kapiri St Nicholas parish gathered for Divine Liturgy. With the blessings of the Archbishop of Zambia, His Eminence IOANNIS 🇿🇲, enroute to Copperbelt, Fr Phillip and Archdeacon Prodromos lead the people in celebrating the Liturgy. In his homily, Fr Phillip reminded the people that the coming will…

Last week, during an extraordinary session, the Synod of the Metropolis of Bessarabia addressed various pastoral, missionary, social, and administrative challenges that the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Moldova faces. His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia, Bishop Antonie of Bălți, and Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia deliberated on matters pertaining to the effectiveness…

His Eminence Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Friday the Blessing service for the „Veronica” Clinic in Iași, the first socio-medical centre in Romania to offer free medical services to socially vulnerable pregnant women, mothers and their children. The medical institution was established at charity priest Dan Damaschin’s initiative and through the fundraising efforts…

The Romanian Parliament will have an Orthodox chapel that will be consecrated on March 25, on the feast of the Annunciation, the acting president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfred Simonis, announced on Monday, the National Press Agency Agerpres reports. Orthodox chapel inside the Parliament “It is a space within the Parliament building. At my…

With feelings of joy on Tuesday morning, 12 March 2022, the consecration of the first Holy Chapel in honour of Saint Gerasimos the Hymnographer took place, which is located at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Dovra, in Veria, Greece. At the beginning, the Matins was conducted in the Katholikon of the Holy Monastery and then,…