How fortunate we Orthodox Christians are! What a God we have! Those who don’t know Him really deserve our sympathy. They don’t see the eternal light and, after death, wander in eternal darkness. We know this because the Holy Spirit, in the Church, informs the saints concerning what happens in heaven and in hell. How unfortunate these deluded people are. They can’t know what true joy is. Sometimes they enjoy themselves and laugh, but that laughter will be changed into mourning and lamentation. Christ is our joy. Through His Passion He inscribed us in the book of life. In the kingdom of heaven we will be with God eternally, we’ll see His glory and rejoice with Him. Our joy is ...
As with many organizations, COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and its...
Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church Brookville, New York My Beloved Christians, We come together this morning – in...
The prophet Elijah occupies a special place among the ranks of the prophets of the Old Testament, and his name is often mentioned in the New, both by the Lord or by various holy persons The word ‘prophet’ denotes someone who has the gift of prophecy, a teacher, a special organ for revelations of God. The phenomenon of prophecy first appeared among the Jews with people known as ‘ecstatic’ prophets. They toured towns and villages, going into a state of ecstasy with the aid of music and dance. In this condition, they would receive divine messages, which they would then transmit to the people. At the time of the kings, people appeared who were enlightened by God, such as Elijah and ...
In light of the increasing number of outbreaks of Covid-19 cases in metropolitan Melbourne and all of Victoria, I...
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The Metropolitan of Mani, His Eminence Chrysostomos III, on the occasion of the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of...
The first part of the inaugural online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of...
The Church today venerates the memory of the Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah). A renowned prophet and a miracle worker...
The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral has accepted an invitation by the small Adriatic country’s prime minister, Dusko...
Monday, July 20, marked the dour 46-year anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This year observance of the...
The tragic saga of the Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque by the now unabashedly Islamist government of Turkish...
A young man who wants to become a monk does so because he’s received the fire, the flame of Christ. And if this young man comes to monasticism, he doesn’t reject other people. Monastics who leave the world and enter the wilderness reject the sick spirit of the world, but not the human beings in it.
Invited by King Felipe VI, His Grace Bishop Timotei of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal attended a...
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed the decree proclaiming August 16 as National Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu...
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Thursday posted on social media to thank former US Vice President Biden for expressing his...
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni was strongly critical of the decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque while speaking in...
Podgorica, Montenegro (19 July 2020) — Prime Minister Duško Marković called on the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and...
A sign of true knowledge is the ability to bear sufferings and not blame other people for the disasters that befall us. Sorrows come to us to instruct, to expunge previous sins, to correct our negligent attitude or to prevent transgressions in the future.
Today our Church celebrates the Fathers who took part in the Fourth Ecumenical Synod which deliberated and concluded definitively concerning the two natures of Christ. The Gospel extract which is read in churches is dedicated to them and is from our Lord’s sermon on the mount. Christ, as God and human, calls his disciples the light of the world. Let us look at Christ’s words more closely. What does the example of light imply? The Lord used the example of salt (Matth. 5, 13) and light for His disciples. The example of light is more sublime. According to Saint John Chrysostom, when He talks about the city on the hill, which can’t be hidden, He means ‘a strict way of living, a ...