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On Cheese-Fare Sunday, February 26, 2023, the Divine Liturgy was followed by a prayer ceremony for the beginning of the new School Year. Metropolitan Ambrosios recited a special prayer, after which he offered gifts to the students who are advancing class. After the Agape Meal, the faithful attended the Service of Vespers of Forgiveness, where…

On 5th March 2023, Sunday of Orthodoxy, at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of St. Andrew in Kentish Town, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis presided during Matins and His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain presided during the concelebration of the Divine Liturgy alongside His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan of the British Isles and…

On March 2, 2023, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros met with His Excellency Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. The leaders discussed the pastoral needs of their respective faithful, and, in light of last month’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, they also spoke to the areas in which both Orthodox…

The Liturgical Arts Academy is a one-week intensive program offering instruction in either Byzantine chant or iconography according to the tradition of the Orthodox Christian Church. Held at the Metropolis of Atlanta’s Diakonia Retreat Center in Salem, South Carolina, the Academy offers 5-6 hours of daily instruction along with matins and vespers services that continue…

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…