Our Clergy look forward to the Clergy Breakfast held each Clergy-Laity Congress, which gives all our priests an opportunity to be together with our Archbishop, the Hierarchs, and all of the clergy from around the country in a relaxed and social atmosphere. For some this was the first opportunity to meet the Archbishop as he…

New York, NY – The rebuilt Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, now a National Shrine, was consecrated in a historic and emotional ancient ceremony that drew over 1,300 participants to the World Trade Center; including representatives of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the leadership of the Friends of Saint Nicholas, officials of the Port Authority of New…

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The Serbian Orthodox Church’s Bishop of Buda, His Grace Lukijan, this week visited the Archbishopric of Ohrid in Skopje, with the blessing of the Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije. The continued visits of bishops and clergy between the Serbian Patriarchate and the Archbishopric of Ohrid come after the recent restoration of eucharistic communion and…

The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, presided at a blessing ceremony of the Romanian Patriarchate’s new St. Andrew Hostel, in the presence of members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Church. In a brief address, the Patriarch of Romania thanked Fr. Stefan Ababei, the head of the Patriarchate’s social centers, for the…

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, on Monday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal chapel of St. Theodore, located within the Patriarchal compound. The Patriarch of Alexandria, speaking to clergymen of Patriarchate, recounted the life and works of St. Theodore, while extoling the contribution…

Yesterday, Monday July 4th, marked the official inauguration of the landmark 20-22 clergy-laity congress in New York City, a biennial event that was not held in 2020 due to the pandemic. This year’s congress commemorates the centennial of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The series of events began with a doxology service for the…

A wildfire that erupted on Monday in a remote forested area in the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos was more-or-less contained as of Tuesday afternoon. No monasteries, sketes or chapels were threatened.

The Church today venerates the memory of Athanasios of Mount Athos. Today is also the feast day of Righteous Father Lampadus, the Wonderworker.