The now infamous head of Turkey’s Directorate of Religious Affairs, Ali Erbas, called the iconic Hagia Sophia, the greatest...
The Archbishop of Crete, His Eminence Irineos, continues to be hospitalized at an ICU unit in the city of...
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Monday received the Greek government’s tourism minister, Haris...
Seismic activity continued for a third straight day in the sea region surrounding the autonomous monastic community of Mount...
The first part of the second online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of...
The Church today commemorates the recovery of the relics of St. Neophytos of Cyprus. Today is also the feast...
A spokesman for the Moscow Patriarchate on Monday underlined that the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness...
Second Nationwide Online-Only Event Offers Humanitarian Outlet amid Pandemic Baltimore, Md. (September 22, 2020) – Following the success of...
In this Parenting University Webinar, presented by the Metropolis of Chicago Family Synaxis, His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael joins a discussion...
What does the search for recreation mean? It means that, in some way, you wish your sick, spiritual void to be filled. You want to fill your soul, which was made to be active and can’t abide being idle.
The Greek Orthodox Parish of St Nectarios in Burwood is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of much-loved Saint...
The bridging of the gap , which began with the incarnation of the Word of God and culminated with His crucifixion, is experienced through crucifixion in the Church. The double commandment of love for God and one’s neighbor includes our enemies; it is a commandment of complete self-denial and crucifixion. Through our self-denial and crucifixion with Christ, we, who were separated from God and trapped in our individualism, are re-connected with Him and with other people in a God/human communion, the ‘communion of deification’, ‘in the image’ of the Triune God. The completion of this communion, which is implemented through the participation of the faithful in Christ’s resurrection and ascension, is of an eschatological nature. In other words, it is ...
On Sunday, September 14/27, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the Universal Exaltation of the Sacred Cross. On this Feast the Church...
On Saturday, September 13/26, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the Consecration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre....
Built between 532 and 537, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom, Ayasofya) represents a brilliant moment in Byzantine architecture and art. It...
A light quake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 15:22 on Sunday with epicentre 18 km south-southwest...
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin’s visit to Mt Athos was concluded late Saturday, The Russian premier entered Mt Athos...
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale was recorded at 01:50 on Sunday in the sea region 22...
On September 26, 2020, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America ordained Deacon Sotiri Michalatos to the Holy Priesthood at the Archdiocesan Cathedral...
Don’t think for a moment that God doesn’t listen when you pray to Him. He hears our thoughts just as we hear the voices and words of other people. If He doesn’t answer your prayers immediately, it’s either because you’re not praying properly or because you’re asking for something that might harm you.
