Following the Pre-Sanctified Liturgy at Ascension Cathedral in Oakland, California on March 1, 2023, Fr. Athanasios (Tom) Zaferes was elevated to Protopresbyter of the Ecumenical Throne by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros. His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco and His Grace Bishop Ioannis of Phocaea concelebrated the Liturgy with the Archbishop. Addressing Fr. Athanasios, Archbishop…

1st Sunday in Lent, Sunday of Orthodoxy March 5, 2023 Your All-Holiness Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki, Reverend Clergy, Honorable State Officials and members of the Armed Forces, Beloved Brethren, I am here in Thessaloniki today, at the Church of the Great Martyr St. Demetrios the Myrrh-Gusher, having had the exceptional honor of representing His All-Holiness…

Τhe Pemptousia platform will host the latest digital fellowship with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and the parish of St. Katherine Orthodox Church in Carlsbad, California, on Thursday, March 9, at 19:30 Athens Time, or 17.30 GMT. The assembly will be held in Greek with a…

The Sunday of Orthodoxy was also solemnly commemorated in a reverent manner by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem, where the liturgy was celebrated at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. After the Divine Liturgy there was a litany three times around the Sacred Edicule and then around the shrines, followed by the reading of the Gospel…

Τhe Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy officiated at the Divine Liturgy with the visiting Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine, His Beatitude Epiphanius, at the Holy Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, in the Great City of Alexandria. After the dismissal of…

The faithful and clergy from around the world commemorated the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday, since the year 843, has been the victory of the Holy Icons. In that year, the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since the year 726, was finally…

The Church today, the second Monday of Great Lent, commemorates the Finding the Precious Cross by St. Helen. Today is also the feast day of the 42 Martyrs of Amorion in Phrygia.

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1000 Participants on Stage Held at the Ioannis Vellidis Conference Center Thessaloniki, 4 March 2023 V. Rev. Iakovos, Representative of His All-Holiness Metropolitan Anthimos of Thessaloniki, Your Eminences, Reverend Clergy, Honorable State and Local Government Officials and Members of the Armed Forces, Members of the Academic Community, Honored Guests, My beloved brethren, Amidst this period…