On July 3, at the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine, His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon presided over Great Vespers. In an affirmation of unity across the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Chancellor from each Metropolis served. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros took the opportunity to honor the exceptional service of George…

NEW YORK–The summer of ’65 signaled the arrival of a tempestuous period in American history, roused by the civil rights movement, then at its height, national division over the Vietnam War, and rapid social change. Archbishop Iakovos of North & South America had recently returned to New York from marching alongside Martin Luther King in…

Your Eminences and Graces, Distinguished dignitaries, Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, Today, we brought the Holy Relic of the Great Wonderworker of Myra to its final resting place, within the Holy Altar of the resurrected Saint Nicholas Church and National Shrine. This most ancient ceremony dates back to the origin of Christian Houses of…

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The Bishop of Xanthoupolis, His Grace Paisios, officiated at service of the Mega Minima at the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Constantinople on Friday, in the presence of hierarchs, the Patriarchal court, his family, and other clergy and lay pilgrims, immediately after his ordination as bishop. After the end of the service, the newly…

The publication house of the Holy & Great Monastery of Vatopedi has released a new volume of homilies by the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Mount Athos Monastery. The new volume aims to provide an Athonite testimony for man’s path towards the light of God.

The President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, this month congratulated the charitable organization “Christian Philanthropy” of the Orthodox parish in the city of Orhei for the humanitarian aid provided to Ukrainian refugees over the past few months. President Sandu praised the devotion, as she said, of members of the group, who have contributed resources, time and…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, last week congratulated and expressed his best wishes to the students, professors and staff of the University of Balamand, in Lebanon, and especially to this year’s graduates. His Beatitude officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the catholicos, of main cathedral, of the adjacent…

The 46th Biennial Clergy-Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America convenes today in New York City, under the theme “Legacy, Renewal, Unity”. The Congress commemorates the centennial of the Archdiocese in America, and falls on the very symbolic date of July 4th, Independence Day. More than 840 participants from across the United States…