The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Beatitude Theodoros II, commenced a pastoral visit to Kenya over the weekend, where among others, he will celebrate his patronal name-day on Friday with the Orthodox flock in the country. Arriving in the desolate region of Turkana, the Patriarch of Alexandria dedicated a new school…
More than nine days after a powerful quake shook southern Turkey and northwest Syria, rescuers are still pulling people from the rubble, defying predictions that survival time has passed. Turkish authorities today released video showing rescuers retrieving a 77-year-old woman from debris in the city of Adiyaman, a day earlier, roughly 212 hours after the…
The Church today venerates the memory of Onesimus, the Apostle of the 70. Today is also the feast day of Our Righteous Father Anthimus, the Elder of Chios.
Humanitarian aid from Athens municipalities and the Attica regional authority for Türkiye and Syria have already filled 160 trucks, noted Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Andreas Katsaniotis in social media on Monday. The first consignment of this humanitarian aid will depart by ship on Wednesday, he noted. The public response to a call for humanitarian aid…
A Holy Relic of St. Daniel Katounakiotis of Smyrna was Translated on Sunday, 12 February 2023, to the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, where the Holy Relic was solemnly and reverently received by the Monastery’s Abbot, Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, and Vatopedi Fathers and Elders. The Holy Relic was conveyed by Hieromonk Fr. Nifon Katounakiotis,…
On Sunday, 12 February 2023, in the suburb of Brunswick in Melbourne, the cutting of the Vasilopita of the Central Pontian Union of Melbourne and Victoria “Pontiaki Estia” took place, by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, Archiepiscopal Vicar of Northcote. His Grace Bishop Evmenios conveyed to the members of the association the wishes and…
His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, accompanied by The Grand Chancellor Archimandrite Theodoros, visited on Tuesday,14 February 2023, The Governor of Istanbul, Mr. Ali Yerlikaya, and expressed to him on behalf of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Greek Orthodox Community the deepest condolences for the thousands of victims of the deadly earthquake that struck south-eastern Turkey,…
On Friday, February 10, 2023, students from the Archdiocesan District’s parochial schools visited the Archdiocese and met with His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros for a celebration of International Greek Language Day. Students from St. Demetrios Preparatory School (Astoria), Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Day School (Brooklyn), and the Cathedral School (Manhattan) recited poems and presented artwork commemorating…
Opening Prayer Beloved Brothers and Sisters, Let us join together in prayer: O God, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe, we call upon you from the depths of our hearts in this hour of our desperate need, as we struggle to face the unspeakable loss in Türkiye and Syria: Grant rest to the souls…