On Saturday, February 25, 2023 the Metropolis of New Jersey, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, held an Altar Server Retreat for the Acolytes of the Northern New Jersey Region at the St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Asbury Park (Ocean), New Jersey. This Altar Server Retreat brought together over 30…

On Sunday, March 5, 2023, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia visited the Greek Orthodox Community of St. Nicholas in Greektown, Baltimore, Maryland for celebration of the Sunday of Orthodoxy, which was commemorated by the traditional procession of icons with the youth of the parish….

Pemptousia invites you to join a Digital Fellowship with Elder Ephraim and St Katherine Orthodox Church, Carlsbad, Californiaon Thursday, 9 March, 2023 at 7:30 PM Athens Time 09:30 AM PST The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into ENGLISH, ROMANIAN,RUSSIAN, FRENCH, GEORGIAN, ARABIC There will be time for questions and answers after the…

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Pemptousia platform today has posted several features and programs to commemorate the three-year anniversary of the canonization of the Elder Joseph the Hesychast, along with the Elders Ephraim & Daniel Katounakiotis. The trio of new saints of the Orthodox Church was taken by a decision of the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate…

Three marble depictions sliced off from atop the Parthenon in the early 19th century, which subsequently ended up in Vatican’s Museums, were returned to Greece as a gift this week, with a reception ceremony held at the Acropolis Museum. The gift is a personal decision by the Pope of Rome Francis to Archbishop Ieronymos of…

A Holy Relic of St. Polycarp, the Martyr Bishop of Smyrna, was welcomed on Monday at the Holy Cathedral of the Transformation of the Savior, in the Kordelio district of the northern city of Thessaloniki. The Holy Relic was welcomed by the resident Metropolitan of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, His Eminence Barnabas, accompanied by clerics of…

The Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople convened on Tuesday, coinciding with a historic visit to the Mother Church by the newly enthroned Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, His Beatitude Georgios. On Tuesday, His Beatitude visited the Holy Metropolis of the Princes Isles, located in the Sea of Marmara.

Members of the Permanent Holy Synod of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece on Wednesday issued a decision to postpone the Translation of the Holy Icon Axion Esti to Athens this month. Hierarchs of the Church of Greece expressed their concern over the timing of the Translation of the Wonder-working Icon to the Greek capital,…