October 23, 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 Orthodox Organizations, and the entirety of the Christ-named Plenitude…

From October 3rd-6th, 45 clergy couples from all Metropolises gathered in Chicago for the first-ever national Clergy Couple Retreat, with the theme “Marriage and Ministry: A Seamless Embrace,” that derives from the underlying conviction that healthy and holy marriages are directly connected to healthy and holy ministry. Couples worshipped together as husband and wife, shared…

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, early Wednesday afternoon received Turkish-American NBA star Enes Kanter at the Archdiocese see in the Greek capital. The Primate of the Church of Greece welcomed the standout player and outspoken human rights champion – who legally changed his name to Enes Kanter Freedom after acquiring…

The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will hold an online assembly on Saturday, Oct. 29, with psychologists,educators, psychiatrists and neurologists based in Romania. The session will begin at 19:30 Athens time, or 17.30 GMT. A parallel translation will be available in Romanian, English, Russian, Georgian, French and…

The splendid ecclesiastical calendar of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi for 2023 is now available. For information or to order please visit the site [email protected]  

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Tuesday received the special advisor to UNESCO, Dr. Mounir Bouchenaki, at the Archdiocese headquarters in New York City. During the meeting, Dr. Bouchenaki briefed His Eminence on the latest developments in the status of Hagia Sophia— which had previously been preserved as a UNESCO World Heritage Site…

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With the blessing of the Patriarch of Bulgaria, His Holiness Neofyt, the Bishop of Belogranchik, His Grace Polycarp, this week officiated at the blessing ceremony of a center in Sofia for the rehabilitation of children with blood cancers, which was officially named in honor of St. Stylianos, protector of children. The center opened two years…

The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Tuesday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos, a service co-officiated by the visiting Metropolitan-Bishop of Montenegro and the Littoral, His Grace Joanikije, and the Bishop of Slavonia, His Grace Jovan. The two hierarchs of the…