The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America this week announced positive financial results for 2021, as well as positive interim financial results for 2022 In a press release, the Archdiocese said treasurer Elaine Allen reviewed audited 2021 financial results at the recently concluded Clergy-Laity congress. In reviewing the financial results, Ms. Allen noted that without the…

A memorial service was held over the weekend at the Orthodox Cathedral of St. George in Cape Town, South Africa, for the fallen and victims of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974. The service was attended by the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa’s Archbishop of the Cape of Good Hope, His Eminence Sergios,…

Pledges of support continued to pour in from around the Orthodox world for the Greek Orthodox community of Constantinople, in the wake of the recent fire at the Church-run Balukli hospital and elderly care center in the Bosporus metropolis. In a solemn atmosphere on Saturday, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Matthias, Apostle of the 70.

In a message marking the 15th anniversary of the repose of Patriarch Teoctist Arăpașu, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel remembered his predecessor as a “pious and diligent hierarch” who spread light from the light of Christ around him. Patriarch Teoctist was the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church from 1986 to 2007. He reposed on July…

On 4th August 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain attended the Lambeth Conference as the official representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. During the conference, His Eminence offered to hundreds of delegates a reflection on the great ills of our day, that is, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking. Present at the sessions…

Father Liviu Burlacu, the coordinator of a centre for addiction therapy, explained in an interview how the lives of people affected by addiction could change for the better. The residential centre “The Life-Giving Spring”, dedicated to treating alcohol and other drug addictions, has been operating in Bogdan Voda, Bacau, Romania, since 2019. The centre was…

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia welcomed His Excellency Kent D. Logsdon, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova, at the metropolitan residence in Chisinau on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The main topic of the discussions was religious freedom in the context of the war on the country’s…

The feast of the Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Mary Magdalene, August 4, was a historic moment for the eponymously-titled church at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), which saw its first Divine service in 100 years. Thousands of churches throughout the Soviet Union were closed last century by the godless authorities, and the process of reviving…