The Orthodox Church in Montenegro continues to face what it calls threats by the government against its stature, dignity and...
The last session of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece’s permanent Holy Synod for 2019 began this week in Athens,...
His Beatitude Patriarch John X Receives the Greek ambassador to Lebanon on a Farewell Visit Balamand, December 9, 2019 Patriarch...
A funeral service will be held early Wednesday afternoon in southern Arizona, local time, for the Elder Ephraim of Arizona,...
‘Hypocrite, doesn’t each one of you loose his ox on the Sabbath?’ On a number of occasions, the religious leaders of Israel condemned Jesus for breaking the Sabbath commandment by performing miracles on that day. ‘And for this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus and wanted to kill him: because he did these things on the Sabbath’ (John 5, 6). They had fallen into the delusion of apparently observing the commandments rigorously, or, as one commentator puts it ‘they pretended to be devoted to God’. The most likely explanation is the second version, since Christ’s enemies were consumed with envy of Him. In today’s Gospel reading, we see Christ in a synagogue, on a Sabbath, healing an infirm woman, and the leader ...
Without Christ, it’s impossible to correct ourselves, impossible to free ourselves from the bonds of the passions. We can’t become good of our own accord. Love for Christ is the only effective cure for the passions.
Prayers before the miraculous icon of Axion Estin for the fires in Australia to cease. This blessed icon is one...
His Beatitude Neophyte, the Patriarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrates Sunday his 34th episcopal consecration anniversary. Patriarch Neophyte (Bulgarian: Патриарх...
Elder Archimandrite Ephraim (Ioannis Moraitis – June 24, 1927) was an archimandrite and former abbot of Philotheou Monastery on Mount...
The Elder Ephraim of Arizona reposed in the Lord on Sunday morning, following a lengthy illness, and leaving behind a...
Beloved Brother Hierarchs, Reverend Clergy and Christ-loving Faithful of our Archdiocese: Greetings in the Name of Our Lord and Savior...
The Holy and Sacred Synod on its Proceedings on Thursday November 22/ December 5, 2019, chaired by H.H.B. the Patriarch...
On Friday morning, November 23/ December 6, 2019, the tonsure of the Byzantine Choir Leader of the Church of the...
The Orthodox Church celebrates on 4th December (21 November in the Church Calendar) the Feast of the Entry of the...
I would like to remind you when you do something, when you work, when your wish comes true, do not...
Homily of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America Archieratical Divine Liturgy of Saint Nicholas the Wonder-Worker Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox...
Orthodox faithful around the world and in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America celebrated with faith and reverence the Feast...
Prayer is a spiritual weapon by means of which we solve all our problems. Prayer is the skeleton key for all the locks in the world, all the difficulties of our life. Through their prayers, people who rightly believe bring heaven down to earth and God Himself is at their disposal. Prayer’s the oxygen of the soul and people who don’t pray are consumptive spiritually and, to all intents and purposes, dead.
The report was presented at the International Organisation for Peace and Social Justice crisis conference in London, according to ChurchTimes,...
The Skete belongs to the Holy Monastery of Great Lavra and took its name from Saint Maximus the Kafsokalyvi who...