A message to support for all efforts to force the Turkish state to allow the reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Halki School of Theology was clearly conveyed this month from the 86th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF), where a photographic exhibition focusing on the seminary was held. The exhibition was entitled “The Theology School of Halki:…

The Church today venerates the memory of Euphemia the Great Martyr.  

The two-day interreligious event kicked off this week in Kazakhstan’s capital of Nur-Sultan.Government officials and spiritual leaders from around the globe gathered this week in Kazakhstan for the 7th Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions. The interreligious event themed ‘The Role of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in the Spiritual…

Yesterday, September 14, marked the 20th anniversary of the repose of the great Romanian elder Archimandrite Sofian (Boghiu), who spent his life in monasticism and suffered for 15 years in a communist prison. His memory was solemnly commemorated with a full day of events in his hometown of Cuconeștii Vechi, Moldova, beginning with a memorial…

A new exhibition dedicated to the Holy Mountain will be traveling throughout America in the coming months. The display, “Mount Athos: The Ark of Orthodoxy,” opened at the Maliotis Center at the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese’s Hellenic College-Holy Cross Seminary in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Tuesday. The exhibition presents a reflection of a day on Mt. Athos,…

In a festive atmosphere, in the presence of a multitude of believers, even though it was a weekday and a working day, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy and Life-giving Cross was celebrated in the Archdiocesan District of Northcote, Victoria. On the day of the Feast, on Wednesday, September 14, His Grace Bishop…

On September 15, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros visited the Greek Consulate in Boston, where he was received by the new Consul General, the Honorable Symeon Tegos. His Eminence wished the Consul General all the best in his new appointment. HCHC President George Cantonis and Presvytera Chrysoula Kourkounti, Coordinator of the Maliotis Cultural Center, accompanied the…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros received the new Board Members of the Archdiocesan Presbyters Council (APC) today at his office at Hellenic College Holy Cross. The Rev, Frs. Paul Kaplanis (President), Tom Chininis (Vice-President), Mario Giannopoulos (Treasurer), Peter Orfanakos (Secretary), and Mark Leondis (Past President/Advisor) attended the meeting and received the the Archbishop’s blessings and prayers…

On Wednesday, September 14, Hellenic College Holy Cross welcomed students, faculty, and administration for its first in-person Convocation since the start of the pandemic. As President George Cantonis noted, it was also the first in recent memory to take place on the School’s Feast Day and had followed the celebration of the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy…