The Church today venerates Athanasios the Great and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria. The Church celebrates the memory of these two Great ecclesiastical Fathers and Archbishops of Alexandria, as Athanasius the Great was a pioneer against the heresy of Arianism, and St. Cyril, a pioneer against Nestorianism. A festal Vespers in memory of Athanasios the Great,…

In hopes of reviving a dormant tradition, three Chicago parish communities came together on Sunday, January 16, to bless Lake Michigan. The service of the Great Blessing of Water was celebrated by Fr. Alexander Koranda and Protodeacon Thomas Keith of Holy Trinity Cathedral (OCA), and Fr. Philip Maikkula of St. Makarios Mission in Hyde Park…

On the occasion of the patronal feast day of His Eminence our Archbishop Makarios of Australia, we take this opportunity to wish our Shepherd in Christ warmest wishes and the abundance of our Lord’s blessings on this important day. Indeed, as we take a moment to reflect on the providence of God for our Holy…

On Saturday morning, 2/15 January 2022, the Hagiotaphite Archimandrite Eusevios Dagalas slept in the Lord. Our blessed brother was found dead in his cell by the Elder Dragoman Archimandrite Mattheos. Prior to this morning, the departed had gone to the monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen and led the Byzantine chanting for the feast…

On Thursday, 1/14 January 2022 the Patriarchate celebrated the Despotic feast of the circumcision according to the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and the commemoration of Saint Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. This feast was celebrated with an All-night vigil at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with Matins in the…

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The memory of George, the New Martyr of Ioannina, the patron saint of Greece’s presidential guard, is venerated today. The saint, whose image is shows Him wearing the traditional kilt-like fustanella, also worn by members of the honor guard in front of Parliament and the president mansion, was declared the patron saint and protector of…

The memory of reposed Metropolitan of Kampala Theodoros was honored today by the Archdiocese of Kampala, in Uganda – on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the repose of the pioneering Greek Orthodox missionary and hierarch. The Metropolitan of Kampala, His Eminence Ieronymos, also conducted a trisagion prayer service at the gravesite of his…

A re-dedication of a renovated chapel was held on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Sunday, and specifically at the Holy Monastery of St. Anthony at the Derynia site of the Famagusta, followed by a con-celebratory Vespers, officiated by the Metropolitan of KonstanTIa and Ammohostos, His Grace Vasilios. The place of worship first served…