With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Alexios, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Mobile, AL will host a regional Music Conference & Workshop presented by the Archdiocesan School of Byzantine Music on November 5, 2022 from 11:00 AM until 4:00 PM. This ASBM Conference is in-person only. There is no fee to participate in this…

Archepiscopal Encyclical for the Commemoration of the Asia Minor Holocaust September 25, 2022 Unto the Most Reverend and Right Reverend Hierarchs, Pious Priests and Deacons, the Monks and Nuns, Presidents and Members of Parish Councils, Honorable Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of Leadership 100, the Day and Afternoon Schools, Philoptochos Societies, the Youth, Greek…

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The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Tuesday welcomed to the Archdiocese the former Prime Minister of Greece, George Papandreou. Papandreou recognized the special centennial year of the Archdiocese and thanked His Eminence for his leadership in the Greek-Orthodox community in the United States. Photos: Dimitrios S. Panagos

The Bulgarian Patriarchate’s Bishop of Lovech, His Grace Gabriel, this week continued a visit to the Metropolis of Montenegro and All the Littoral, where on Tuesday he co-officiated at the vigil on the Eve of the Nativity of the All-Holy Theotokos, as based on the Julian calendar, at the historic Cetinje Monastery, with the Metropolitan…

A rare, handwritten Gospel stolen during the First World War from the Holy Monastery of Eikosiphoinissa, in northern Greece, will officially be repatriated later this month, with a hand-over and reception ceremony set for Thursday, Sept. 29. The date was not chosen at random, but coincides with the day of remembrance for victims killed during…

The Church today venerates the Apodosis of the Elevation of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross. The memory of the Prophet Jonah is also commemorated.

On Monday, 19 September 2022, the annual Agiasmos blessing for the beginning of the new school year for the students and teachers of the Zografeion High School of Constantinople, was performed by the Hierarchal Proistamenos of Stavrodromi, His Eminence Metropolitan Andreas of Saranta Ekklesies. After the conclusion of the agiasmos blessing service, His Eminence prayed…

The Official Choir of the Women in Byzantine Music Worldwide Association, “Psaltries Choir of Melbourne,” was established at the beginning of 2022 – Psaltria being a revival of an ancient term for female chanters. Regular rehearsals and classes are held under the guidance and direction of Nektaria Karantzi, a globally acclaimed vocalist and icon of…