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 ...
During the Divine Liturgy, just before the recitation of the Creed, the priest urges the faithful: ‘Let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess’. Confess what? The people reply (through the singers): ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity consubstantial and undivided’. In other words, our faith in the one true God, the Holy Trinity. Therefore, a confession of faith without love isn’t pleasing to God. *** Photo: Rafail Georgiadis At the same time, within the sanctuary, the priests are embracing, kissing each other on the cheek and saying: ‘Christ is in the midst of us’. ‘He is and will be’. So He can see that we’re sincere in our expression of love, which is the embrace. In former times, this embrace was also given outside ...
Press Release No: 20/14 15 July 2020 Brussels The Conference of European Churches (CEC) has witnessed the recent decision of...
Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology strongly protests the decision of the Turkish government to turn Hagia...
On Tuesday the 14th of July 2020, ACOY NSW held its first face-to-face meeting since the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions....
A specific insult against both Christianity and Islam. The stubborn decision of Turkey about the Hagia Sophia is not only...
46th Anniversary Commemoration of the Invasion of Cyprus To the Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan...
Brussels, 17 July 2020 COMMUNIQUE ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF HAGIA SOFIA FROM A MUSEUM TO A MOSQUE It is with...
His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain has released the following Encyclical regarding the tragic anniversary of the...
Beloved Brothers and Sisters in the Lord, “The Lord will give strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people...
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The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has called on the Turkish authorities to keep the mosaics of the...
A teleconference on the subject of maintaining Christian love amid contemporary challenges, was held this week in Russia, with the...
This Martyr lived during the reign of Claudius II in the late 3rd century. She was from Pisidia of Cilicia,...
The third part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the...
Τhe Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, co-officated at a Patriarchal Divine Liturgy for the feast day...
The outrageous decision this month by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to convert the Hagia Sophia into a mosque and...
