Beloved Chancellor of our Sacred Archdiocese of America, Your Grace(s) and beloved Clergy, Distinguished Representatives of Greece and Cyprus, Dear Faithful, I am deeply touched and truly humbled this day, because of the many congratulations and well wishes I have been receiving for my Nameday from around the country and the world. And my joy…
Visit of Metropolitan Antony of Volokolamsk and the delegation of Moscow to His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III. Jerusalem-Patriarchate
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The Holy Monastery of David the Righteous, near the town of Rovies, on the northwest part of the large island of Evia, this week celebrated the feast day of its patron saint and founder. On the eve of Tuesday’s feast day, the resident Metropolitan of Halkida, His Eminence Chrysostomos welcomed the newly elected Metropolitan of…
The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, on Tuesday, honored the “Good Samaritans” of the Greek Welfare Centre, the volunteers of the organization who are at the forefront of efforts to support the most vulnerable people in the community. The awards were bestowed during an event hosted in an assembly hall at the St. Andrew’s…
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Tuesday inaugurated an exhibition entitled “Frozen Silence”, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Nov Sad raid in Christmas 1942 by Hungarian occupation forces against Serbs, Jews and Roma in the Baska region. In his address, the Serbian Patriarch emphasized that without the historical memory…
A presentation of four Georgian-language books, published by the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, was held in Tbilisi in September 2022. In addressing numerous attendees, the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Monastery, referred to Mount Athos, where the venerable monastery was founded in the 10th century, the ceaseless prayers of the monks…
Today marks the 31st anniversary of the enthronement of Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, as the Primate of the Mother Church. His All Holiness was enthroned at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George at the Phanar, nearly two weeks after his election as the new Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome and…
The Church today venerates the memory of Acindynos, Pegasios, Af-thonios, Elpidophoros and Anempodistos, Martyrs of Persia. On the occasion, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America issued an invitation to the faithful, on the occasion of the name-day of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros, to attend a hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Wednesday morning at the Cathedral of…