Your Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco, Your Grace[s], Dear brothers Christ, Καλή Σαρακοστή! Yesterday, I was with the brothers in Sacramento, and was very impressed by their dedication and enthusiasm for our season of preparation for Holy Pascha. Today, I have the pleasure to be her with you – the Bay Area clergy. But…

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At least 42 people were killed when a train carrying more than 350 passengers collided with a freight train at the entrance of the Tempi Valley in north-central Greece, north of the city of Larissa. Dozens of passengers were injured, with a handful hospitalized in intensive care units. The two trains involved in the fatal…

The Church today venerates the memory of Eudokia the Martyr of Heliopolis. Today marks the first Wednesday of Lent.

Condolences for the families of the victims and best wishes for the speedy of those injured poured in on Wednesday morning from around the world, in the wake of a deadly train collision in north-central Greece late Tuesday evening. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I expressed his deep anguish over the tragic rail accident…

A deadly train collision in north-central Greece late Tuesday night that left more than 36 people dead and dozens injured has shocked the nation. Appalling scenes from the site of the tragedy were grimly recorded by Orthodoxia news agency (ope.gr) in the subsequent hours. Some 350 passengers were aboard a Hellenic Rail train headed from…

The Vespers of Forgiveness took place at the Church of Saint Nektarios in Perth on the evening of Cheese-Fare Sunday and was presided over by His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea. In his sermon, His Grace emphasised the importance of forgiveness and how we will only be forgiven by God if we are willing to…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Makarios and in the presence of His Grace Bishop Silouan of Sinope, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan District of Adelaide celebrated the Vespers of Forgiveness at the new Archiepiscopal Church of St Sophia (Holy Wisdom of God), in the inner-city suburb of Bowden, on Cheesefare Sunday, 26 February 2023….

On Cheese Sunday afternoon, February 13/26, 2023 around 5.00 p.m., at the Monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen and during the service of the small Compline, the Prayer of Forgiveness was read by H.H.B. our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos as preparation for the beginning of the Great Lent. After the prayer, there…