Hellenic College Holy Cross has paid off the $5.3 million mortgage on the Barletta property, a seven-acre parcel of land adjacent to the main campus that was acquired in 2006 to provide opportunities for expansion and to protect against encroaching development. The retirement of the debt was made possible by a gift of $2.5 million…

His Holiness Porfirije, the Serbian Patriarch, attended the solemn award ceremony of the Saint Sava Charter of the Serbian Cultural Society “Prosvjeta,” which was granted to Mr. Emir Kusturica, a prominent artist at the Crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral in Vracar, Belgrade on 31 March 2022. The ceremony was also attended by Their Eminences…

On Sunday, 21 March / 3 April 2022, the 4th Sunday of Lend, the Patriarchate celebrated the Feast of the Adoration of the Holy Cross at the Monastery of the Holy Cross in West Jerusalem, near the Jewish Knesset. This feast is established by the Patriarchate of Jerusalem to be celebrated at this Monastery one…

On Sunday morning, 21 March / 3rd April 2022, the Chief of the Hellenic Air Force, Air Marshal Mr Themistoclis Bourolias, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by his wife Mr Galateia Peraki and his associates, Colonel Mr George Petrou, Lieutenant Commander Mr Theodoros Tsiros, Airforce Major Mr Nikolaos Papagiannis, Airforce Major Mr Spyridon Lytaris, and Pilot…

More than 100 large families received necessary aid from His Holiness Patriarch Porfirije and the charity department of the Serbian Church’s Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovac on Saturday. More than 10 tons of food and hygiene products were distributed to the needy families by His Holiness and His Grace Bishop Justin of Hvosno, vicar to…

This comming Friday, 8 April, 2022, at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Saviour, Thomastown, Melbourne, (45 Poplar Street, Thomastown) the Akathist Hymn will take place, presided over by His Grace Bishop Evmenios of Kerasounta, Archepiscopal Vicar for Northcote. The Service of the Akathist Hymn will commence at 7pm. Following…

His Eminence Arcbhishop Elpidophoros offered the invocation at the Investitures of Madeline Singas, Anthony Cannataro, and Shirley Troutman as Associate Judges of the New York State Court of Appeals. Judge Singas, who previously served as the District Attorney of Nassau County, is the first Greek-American to serve on the state’s highest court. Full text here….

The Federation of Greek Orthodox Church Musicians, a Ministry of the Chicago Metropolis, is going the extra mile – literally – in thanking its chanters and choir members. On March 1, 2022, Federation President Ruth E. Faklis began an ambitious goal to visit every church within the Metropolis that has a choir and to personally…

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