Beloved in the Lord, Χριστὸς ἀνέστη. Christ is Risen. It is with a troubled and sorrowful heart that I greet you today in the name of our Risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Like each of you, I was shocked and grieved to hear of the horrifying attack in Uvalde, Texas, which has resulted in…

Join the Greek American community by celebrating the 100th year anniversary of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America at the Clergy-Laity Congress Grand Banquet. This special celebration will be made more exciting by the presence and live performance of one of Greece’s legendary voices, a name known throughout the world, an artist who has recorded…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, over the weekend visited the Greek festivals of both the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Flushing and the St. Demetrios Cathedral in Astoria, where volunteers had prepared well-known Greek dishes, while parish youth troupes performed traditional dances. On Sunday evening, His Eminence attended a tribute concert of…

Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, on Thursday continued an official visit to Albania, visiting ethnic Greek villages in southern Albania, schools and archaeological sites. She was also received by local office-holders, educators and the resident Metropolitan of Gjirokaster, His Eminence Demetrios. The Orthodox Metropolis’ education program to promote the Greek language and culture dominated talks.

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, arrived in the Sultanate of Oman on Wednesday for a pastoral visit to the country on the northeast tip of the Arabian Peninsula, at the head of a delegation of hierarchs from the Antioch Church.

The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, spoke by phone on Wednesday with the president of the Republic of North Macedonia, Stevo Pentarovski, with the latter expressing his appreciation for a unanimous decision by the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Patriarchate extend the Tomos of Autocephaly to the Archbishopric of Ohrid. The Republic…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All-Holiness Bartholomew I, continued his pastoral visit to northern Greece on Thursday, where he attended an international conference organized by the faculty of theology of the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, and on the occasion of the 30-year anniversary of his enthronement as the Primate of the Mother Church. Earlier,…

The Church today venerates the memory of Carpos and Alphaeus, Apostles of the 70.

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