Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, We have arrived once again at the Vespers of Contrition, which prepares us to leave the relaxation of the weekend and re-engage the Lenten Fast with more fervor. The evening descends and we come to Monday, which is by right, the Second Day of the Week. We gather…

In November 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed Carrie Frederick Frost, PhD; Kyra P. Limberakis, MTS; and Archons Cary J. Limberakis, DMD, and George E. Demacopoulos, PhD, to the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese for a candid discussion on expanding the participation of women in the Church. During the meeting, they discussed the theology and…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, one hundred Goyans from the Westchester-Connecticut Vicariate of the Archdiocesan District gathered on Sunday, March 12, 2023 at the Annunciation Church in Stamford, CT for a Lenten Retreat focusing on our “Journey to Pascha.” Fr. Michael Palamara offered a presentation focusing on the Gospel accounts of Zacchaeus…

Pemptousia invites you to join e-Synaxis with Elder Ephraim and Saint Nicholas and Saint John the Apostle Students Parish, Cluj-Napoca, Romania on Tuesday, 14 March, 2023 at 7:30 PM Athens Time The talk will be in Greek with simultaneous translation into ROMANIAN, ENGLISH,,RUSSIAN, FRENCH, GEORGIAN, ARABIC There will be time for questions and answers after…

The memory of one of two of Thessaloniki’s patron saints, St. Gregory Palamas, the Wonder-worker Archbishop of Thessaloniki, was celebrated on the second Sunday of Great Lent, with festal events centered at the Metropolitan Cathedral, where the Holy Relic of the saint is preserved and venerated by the faithful. As per centuries-old ecclesiastical tradition, the…

An archieratical Divine Liturgy was held on the second Sunday of Great Lent at the Cathedral of the Transformation of the Savior in Coventry, England, officiated by the Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas.

The Elder Archimandrite Elisseos, the Abbot of the Simonos Petras Monastery of Mount Athos, travelled to Bosnia-Hercegovina and Montenegro over the recent period to pray for the repose of the souls of two great hierarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the late Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina Atanasije and the late Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and…

Church bells rang out joyously on Sunday as the new Metropolitan of Paphos, His Grace Tychikos, was enthroned as the 70th Metropolitan of Paphos during an archieratical service at the Cathedral of St. Theodoros, in the Cypriot coastal city. The Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, His Beatitude Georgios, officiated at the enthronement ceremony…

The new President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christoudoulides, arrived in Athens on Monday for his first official visit to the country in his capacity as the island republic’s head of state. Christodoulides was scheduled to have meetings with Greek leadership throughout the official visit, while on Tuesday he will be received by the…