On Monday, 17 August, Vespers was celebrated with solemn devotion at the “Red Church” in the village of Loukas, Tripoli. The church is a tenth-century historic monument dedicated to the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos. After falling into ruin, it was abandoned until efforts commenced several years ago to restore it and return it…

The Translation of the Holy Relics of our Venerable Father Arsenios was festively celebrated on Monday, 18 August, on the island of Paros. At the celebrating Holy Monastery of Christ of the Forest–Saint Arsenios and the adjacent majestic Church of the Saint, Matins was celebrated with His Eminence Metropolitan Chrysostomos III of Mani presiding. He…

By St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the faithful of the Archdiocese and the people of New York City are kindly invited to join St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine on Friday, September 11, 2026 at 3:00pm for a solemn memorial…

Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In today’s Gospel reading, our Lord presents the parable of the unforgiving servant. A king wished to settle accounts with his servants, and one of them was brought before him owing the immense sum of ten thousand talents—a debt that he could never repay. When the servant fell…

Celebrations for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos commenced on Friday, 14 August 2026, with Vespers at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Wood Green. His Grace Bishop Isidoros of Andida presided over the service, while His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain and His Grace Bishop Iakovos…

On Sunday, 16 August, His Eminence Elder Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, representing His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, visited His Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Sio III of Georgia. The meeting, which was attended by Hierarchs and clergy of the Church of Georgia, took place in a particularly warm and cordial atmosphere. His Eminence Metropolitan Emmanuel conveyed to His…

The great Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos was celebrated on the Aegean island of Imbros with religious devotion and in a deeply moving atmosphere. His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew concelebrated with the Primate of the Church of Albania, His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Albania, at the festal church in the mountain village of…

His Beatitude Pope and Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa said that the Thetokos remains close to those who seek her help and “knows the anxieties, tears and hopes of every person.” The Patriarch spoke during the Divine Liturgy for the Dormition of the Theotokos, celebrated on 15 August 2026, at the historic…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Beatitude Archbishop Joani of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania attended prayerfully the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, 16 August, at the Metropolitan Church of the Panagia. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros and Tenedos. The two Primates, accompanied by the local Metropolitan, then…