Monday’s great matronal feast day of the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple was reverently celebrated by the Church of Crete’s Metropolis of Kydonia, as the Theotokos, the All-Holy Virgin Mary, is the patroness and protector of the Cretan port city of Hania, the capital of the Metropolis. The Metropolitan of Kissamos & Selinos,…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Missions and Evangelism Ministry (MEM) has a new leadership team. Rev. Father Gerasimos “Jerry” Markopoulos and Mr. Kenny Scott will be serving as co-leads of this ministry, working collaboratively to further this important initiative for the growth of our faith and the establishment of new parishes. “I am…

Over 55 young adults gathered for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco Young Adult Fall Retreat held at Saint Nicholas Ranch and Retreat Center in Dunlap, CA over the weekend of November 4 – 6, 2022. Participants came from throughout the Metropolis of San Francisco, as well as from Florida, Maine, and Utah. The…

Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, There is a beautiful saying that circulates on social media: “When you have more than you need, build a bigger table, not a higher fence.” This saying is especially appropriate for the Thanksgiving holiday in our nation because it expresses the deeply Orthodox Christian value of hospitality. Hospitality, or…

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Vatopedi publications has unveiled a new tome of homilies and addresses by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. The work comprises an Athonite testimony of man’s course towards the light of God. 

The memory of Righteous Jacob of Evia was commemorated on Tuesday, the feast day of the 20th century saint, at the Holy Monastery of St. David on the large same-named island of Evia. On the eve of the feast day, the Metropolitan of Halkida, His Eminence Chrysostomos, welcomed the Metropolitan of Karystia & Skyros, His…

The Metropolitan of Kythira, His Eminence Seraphim, on Tuesday was acquitted of all charges related to an alleged violation of an emergency public health law in force at the time to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. His Eminence was acquitted by a three-justice misdemeanor court in the port city of Piraeus. The resident…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on Tuesday received visiting Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, at the Patriarchal residence of in the Russian capital’s Danilov Monastery. The meeting was also attended by Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, as well as other hierarchs of…