A high level delegation formally representing the Patriarchate of Jerusalem was commissioned by H.B. Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, to...
Stubborn people who enjoy arguing and wrangling are hollow and empty. They struggle against others to the point of exhaustion and, though they’re dog tired, refuse to give way. They have no regard for themselves and misbehave as if they were maniacs. What matters to them is not the truth, but if the view of others should prevail their reason ceases to function and they try to gain the victory by shouting.
19 February 1984 In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Time and again I have occasion to preach on the Parable of the Prodigal Son, on the story of the Publican and the Pharisee, and every time I notice how easy it is for me – not in fact, not in reality, but in imagination – to identify with the sinner who has found his way to God, with the publican who stood broken-hearted at the gate of the church, unable to walk even into the holy space of God, or with the prodigal son, who in spite of grievous sin, of incredible insensitiveness, of cruelty, still found his way home. And how rarely I was touched to ...
The Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, was honored on Friday in Aachen, Germany with the...
The Feast Day of the Presentation of Our Lord and Savior in the Temple (based on the Julian calendar) was...
The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, was in southern California on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 for the beginning of...
Etymology The orthodox priest is the presbyter from the Bible. Presbyter is, in the Bible, a synonym for bishop (episkopos),...
‘But he became angry and did not wish to enter’. The parable of the Prodigal Son, which is read today in church, has been called a pearl among the parables, and the Gospel within the Gospel. Some commentators have called it the Parable of the Elder Son. Indeed, the behavior of the elder son is striking. On his return home, he was told of the return of his younger brother. He refused to enter the house and accused his father of being unfair to him. The charge was based on the fact that he worked day and night and wasn’t properly rewarded, unlike the prodigal son who’d spent his substance on harlots but who, when he came back, was given a ...
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With the blessing of His Eminence George (Abu Zakhm) Metropolitan of Homs and Dependencies, the Archdiocese of Homs celebrated the...
The Government of Montenegro and the Episcopal Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro issued the following joint press...
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada mourns the falling asleep in the Lord of His Grace Bishop Christoforos of Andida....
If someone should say that true faith is the correct holding and confession of correct dogmas, he would be telling...
Watch Rev. Dn. Dr. Anastasios Brandon Gallaher’s speech at the International Conference “The Theological Legacy of Archpriest Georges Florovsky”. The conference was organised by the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Patriarchal Institute for Patristic Studies.
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The Church of Greece’s Bishop of Andidon, Christoforos, reposed in the Lord this week. A funeral service will be held...
Greek Deputy Defense Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis attended a ceremony at the Thessaloniki officers’ club for the repatriation of the remains...
Sessions of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Romania were concluded this week, under the chairmanship of the Patriarch...
The Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, this week received visiting Greek Deputy...
Members of Mount Athos’ Holy Administration, the Holy Epistasia, which represents the 20 Orthodox monasteries in the semi-autonomous monastic community,...