Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I have come to your wonderful parish, to serve this very special service of Holy Unction with you, the faithful Christians of Holy Trinity in Bridgeport. Tonight, we gather for the healing of body and soul, and for the forgiveness of our sins, in accordance with the Epistle of…

Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude of the Holy Archdiocese…

Once again, I am here with this wonderful community of Kimisis tis Theotokou in Brooklyn, for the Third Bridegroom Service, and the most beautiful Hymn of Kassiani. The Gospel reading for this Matins of Holy Wednesday has an unusual detail, which resonates especially with us, the Greek Orthodox of today. It says: Some Greeks who…

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The Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, in cooperation with the University of Crete Publications, has unveiled a series of Holy and Great Easter Week hymns, available on CD and USB. The hymns are chanted by Vatopedi fathers. For more information and orders please visit the website vatopedi.gr.      

The award-winning film “Man of God”, based on the life, works, tribulations and miracles of 20th century St. Nektarios of Aegina, was screened on Holy Monday in the Belgrade suburb of Mladenovac, with the blessing of the Patriarchate of Serbia’s Bishop of Sumadia, His Grace John. The film, by director and screenwriter Yelena Popovic, is…

The Service of the Bridegroom was solemnly performed on Holy Tuesday at Cathedral of the Annunciation of Our Lady, in Sydney, officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. His Eminence, during a lively sermon to the congregation, emphasized the great challenge we all have to love God despite our passions and weaknesses.  

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, continued his Holy Week pastoral visit to the northeast Aegean Island of Imvros, his native homeland. On the afternoon of Holy Tuesday, His Holiness officiated at the Holy Procession of the Bridegroom, performed at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Virgin, in the picturesque…

The venerable Patriarchate of the Holy City of Jerusalem is at the forefront of devotional services for Orthodox Christians around the world this Holy & Great Holy Week, but also in the wake of recent instances of violence directed at Christian places of worship and monuments, especially an attack against the Holy Shrine of the…