Tuesday witnessed a macabre milestone in Greece for the Covid-19 pandemic, with the highest number of single-day new instances detected, 4,340, and 741 cases being treated in hospital ICUs. Amid the surge of a “second wave”, a blue-chip group of epidemiologists and public health experts were expected to recommend a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions….

The Church today venerates the memory of the Marty Hypatius, Bishop of Gangra. This Saint, who was from Cilicia in southeast Asia Minor, became Bishop of Gangra, the capital of Paphlagonia, in northeast Asia Minor. He was present at the First Ecumenical Council. Because of his confession of the Orthodox Faith, he was put to…

  Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the 1st e-Meeting with Elder Ephraim and the friends of the “BIZANTICONS ARTS” store in Bucharest, which will take place Thursday 1st April 2021, 07:30-09:30 PM. Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer real-time Romanian Interpretation for the entire session, including…

More than 55,000 signatures collected under a petition to legally ban surrogacy in Russia were handed over to State Duma Deputy Nikolai Zemtsov recently. In its appeal, the Union of Orthodox Women call upon the Speaker of the Duma and the leadership of the Committee on Family Affairs to consider a complete legislative ban on…

  An historical event took place on March 21, the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy, as the Divine Liturgy was celebrated on the site of the church that was the original resting place of the relics of St. Olaf the King of Norway for the first time in nearly 1,000 years. The Liturgy was…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ expressed his condolences to the Archbishop of Makassar Johannes Liku Ada over the terrorist act in the Indonesian city of Makassar (the administrative center of the South Sulawesi province). As a result of the attack on the Catholic Church, 20 people were injured, the terrorists died…

A great spiritual event took place on Memorial Saturday, March 27, when the Church commemorates the departed, as a chapel was consecrated on the site of a former Soviet Gulag. The Chapel of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church was consecrated by His Grace Bishop John of Urzhum and several local clerics…

The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago now accepting applications for summer internships in Communications, Administration and Youth & Young Adult Ministries. Interns will receive a $1,500 stipend. Applicants must be full-time university students working toward the completion of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. APPLY HERE Goarch.org

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, in partnership with the National Council of Churches, the Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute and the Ecclesiological Investigations Network will be hosting a webinar on “Ecumenical Readings of ‘For the Life of the World’ on April 21, 2021 at 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM EST. The webinar will focus…