The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, was treated to traditional Christmas carols over the weekend, as two youth...
A Christmas celebration for children was organized in Damascus by the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian embassy in the Syrian...
Public debate regarding Greece’s digital transformation between 2020 and 2025 was concluded this month, with the initiative describing the strategy...
The Metropolitan of Symi, an island in the eastern Aegean, His Eminence Chrysostomos, over the weekend received the visiting chief...
Cabinet ministers of the government of Cyprus will convene on Tuesday to decide on the manner in which places of...
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, has urged all to abide by precautionary measures imposed by...
The Church today venerates the memory of Juliana of Nicomedia, and her 630 companion Martyrs. St. Juliana achieved the crown...
“Today our Church celebrates St Ignatios the God-bearer. The tradition says that he was the child that Christ held in...
Sunday the 20th of December 2020 marked the inaugural State-wide Christmas Carols (Kalanda) event for the Archdiocesan District of Adelaide....
The Gospel reading for the Sunday before Christmas, taken from the beginning of the Gospel of Saint Matthew, contains Christ’s genealogy ‘after the flesh’, and, thereafter, God’s dispensation regarding the birth of Jesus from the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. Let us turn our attention to the significance of this for each one of us. Every year, in an atmosphere of joy and delight, the Church celebrates the Birth of Christ, and sings wonderful hymns to God Who became incarnate and re-formed our degenerate human nature. Orthodox hymnography and theology emphasize the great anthropological significance of the divine incarnation: we have been saved from hopeless degradation and from the chaos of destructive hatred by the love of God, which took ...
On 28th Sunday after Pentecost, on Serbian Children’s day (Detinjci), His Grace Bishop Siluan of Australia and New Zealand celebrated...
Dear brothers and sisters, You are invited to participate in the “1st e-meeting with Elder Ephraim and Romanian Byzantine Chanters“, which will take place Monday, December 21, 2020, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens Time. Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer real-time Romanian and English interpretation for the entire session including the homily as well as the questions & answers. Please register in advance for this meeting by clicking on the following link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIqdu-ppz8rHNYXzPfT9fNp6uEC6i21v4Tz After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please install the ZOOM “Desktop or mobile” app in order to be able to listen to the different languages. Instructions here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362233-Upgrade-update-to-the-latest-version OR Sign in to Zoom desktop client. Click your profile picture then click Check for Updates. If there is a ...
On Saturday, December 6/19, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of our Father among the Saints Nikolaos Archbishop of...
On Friday, December 5/18, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of our Holy Father Savvas the Sanctified at his Holy...
On the feast day of Saint Nicholas of Myra, 19 December 2020, His Grace Bishop Arsenije of Nis officiated the...
Despite the fact that we are still facing problems from COVID-19, with the help of God and the intercessions of...
Romanian police have identified 12 psychoactive substances on the Romanian drug market, which continues unabated throughout the pandemic. The Ministry...
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada has made a gift in support of the Thomas C. Zachos Chair in Mitochondrial Research. The $1,000.00 contribution will go towards the first named chair to support mitochondrial research at the University of Toronto’s Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios was inspired to make this donation after meeting with Athanasios (Thomas) Zachos at the Archdiocese last month. Thomas is a young man who lives his life with this terrible disease and who has spearheaded the creation of this research chair held by Professor Ana Andreazza. Despite his daily challenges, Thomas, who is the grandson of the former president of the National Philoptochos, Mrs. Vasiliki Zacharopoulos, conducts himself in a most exemplary manner. His ...
December 20, 2020 Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Church – New York, New York Beloved Faithful of Saint Barbara, I am...
Saints George Greek Orthodox Church Piscataway, New Jersey December 19, 2020 Beloved Bishop-Elect of Phocaea, Your Grace Ioannis, Today, we...