Although located thousands of kilometres away from Greece, the Greeks of Australia was and remains shocked by the fatal train accident, which happened on the evening of February 28 in the area of Tempe, Greece. In the wake of this unspeakable tragedy, the students of the Greek Orthodox College of Saint Euphemia, in the Sydney…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Office of Education is pleased to announce that the World Language Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek will be administered on Tuesday, June 20th, from 1:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. The Comprehensive Examination in Modern Greek is “a locally developed foreign language examination” developed and administered by the Department of…

On Sunday, February 26, 2023, with the blessings of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Apostolos of Medeia celebrated the Great Hierarchal Forgiveness Vespers at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Piscataway, New Jersey, to mark the start of the Holy and Great Lent. Participating in the service were the Clergy of…

Restoration works commenced this week at the historic 14th century Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas Raikov, which is located in the Kosovo and Metohija city of Prizren. It’s reminded that Kosovo Albanian extremists had attempted to blow up the church in 1999. Although significant damage was caused, the place of worship remained standing. In…

The Sunday of Orthodoxy, the Triumph of doctrine over heresy, was commemorated with centuries-old Athonite rite at the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi. A eucharistic synaxis, or assembly, and a Litany of the Holy Icons and Relics was officiated by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi,…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy announced that St. Joseph the Hesychast will be included in the Romanian Church’s calendar of saints, and that a fresco painting of the Saint will be painted at the National Cathedral, or People’s Salvation Cathedral, in Bucharest. His Beatitude also mentioned that…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, in a homily, referred to unity as a necessary condition for Orthodoxy to remain a credible testimony of faith in the modern world, following his co-officiating of a Patriarchal and Synodal Divine Liturgy at the Mother Church’s Phanar-district See. The visiting Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and…

The Metropolitan of Symi, Tilos, Halki & Kastellorizo, His Eminence Chrysostomos, spoke exclusively to the Orthodoxia news agency this week over the 75th anniversary of the Dodecanese islands’ union with the Greek motherland, after seven centuries of foreign rule, while also touching on last week’s Tempi rail disaster, which has plunged the country into mourning.

The Church today venerates the memory of Paul the Simple, the Confessor. Today is also the feast day of the Seven Hieromartyrs of Cherson.