Archbishop Elpidophoros, the head of the Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, offered the closing benediction for the...
Just as the winter is a good time to turn over the ground, so sorrows are good for the care of the soul. Sorrow brings two benefits: it makes us more estimable and more careful.
On Wednesday, August 6/19, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ. On this...
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Lord, we thank you for creating us from nonexistence. Having disobeyed your life-giving commandment as we inherited the shadow of...
The “Holy Empress Helen” Counseling and Information Center was inaugurated on Sunday in the presence of Father Ciprian Ioniță, Patriarchal...
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Our Holy Church calls Our Lady, Our Mother, the sweetness of the angels, the joy of the afflicted, and the protectress of Christians. A tower embellished with gold, a city with twelve ramparts, throne dripping with the sun and seat of the King. In whatever terms we describe her, however, she remains a wonder beyond the comprehension of the human mind who suckles Christ the Lord, is a bridge between earth and heaven, the limitless hope and eternal support of every Christian. On August 15, the Church honors the commemoration of the departure in the body of Our glorious Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary. This commemoration is not one of sorrow and mourning, however, but of joy and ...
‘For whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos ; are ye not carnal?’ (1 Cor. 3:3-4). To be nationalistic means to be carnal. In fact anything that we prefer to Christ makes us carnal. When there are quarrels and jealousies and divisions, we are carnal. We are of the flesh not only when we serve the passion of dishonour, but when we serve any passion. In one of his sermons, Saint Philaret was ready to sing a song of praise and gratitude to the place where he was born, but immediately his heart stopped him ...
His Beatitude Patriarch John X met the Coordinators of the main sections in Damascus and the region coordinators at the...
We are pleased to announce that the Byzantine Music School of Australia (Adelaide) started its Pilot Program this evening. The...
Sinners don’t achieve forgiveness of their sins unless they feel with all their heart that these are stupid, catastrophic and deceitful. Just as they committed the sin, which at that time they found so wonderful and pleasant, now they have to repent and confess that it’s devious and leads to perdition.
Beloved in the Lord, We are filled with sadness and distress over the devastating explosion that recently occurred in Beirut,...
”In birth, you preserved your virginity; in death, you did not abandon the world, O Theotokos. As mother of...
With the blessings of His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, His Grace Bishop Silvester Kisitu of Gulu and Eastern Uganda today...
Romanian churches and landmark buildings were illluminated in red on the evening of August 16 to mark the first National...
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While the Orthodox faithful in Montenegro held cross processions twice a week for several months at the beginning of the...
Now that people are more accustomed to social distancing and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), the following protocol...
WEST MILFORD, NJ – The Greek community celebrated the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Protectress...
