The Church today venerates the memory of Kodratos the Martyr & his Companions. These Martyrs contested for piety’s sake in Corinth during the reign of the Emperor Valerian, in the third century.

On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America joined His Eminence Metropolitan Antony of Hierapolis and His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA for an Intercessory Prayer Service for Ukraine. The Service, which was hosted in the Ukrainian Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Manhattan, was…

Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In this first Pre-Sanctified of our Holy Fast, we embrace contrition and repentance for our lives, and indeed, for the life of our world. This is a deeply sad moment for our worldwide Church – a time when brother fights against brother and sister goes to war against sister….

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Two years have passed since the Sacred and Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, convened under the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, canonized three reposed 20th century Athonite elders: Daniel of Katounakia, Joseph the Hesychast and Ephraim of Katounakia. On the occasion, the online platform Pemptousia TV today has posted documentaries…

The Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, this week expressed his deepest sorrow and pain, for the devastation caused by heavy floods that have swept through the east of the island continent, resulting in the deaths of at least 20 people in Queensland and New South Wales, and the displacement of thousands from their homes….

The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, continued his pastoral visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo for a third day. On Tuesday, the Patriarch of Alexandria chaired a general synaxis, or assembly, of clerics serving in the Metropolis of Kinshasa and the Metropolis of Brazzaville &…

The world’s attention on Wednesday remained fixed on the horrific devastation taking place in predominately Orthodox Ukraine, 14 days after a Russian invasion of the eastern European country. In quick order, US President Joe Biden announced a ban on Russian energy imports to the United States, as Ukraine’s president urged the parliament of the United…

The Church today venerates the memory of the 40 Martyrs at Lake Sebastia.