On Thursday, December 27, 2019/January 9, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated the commemoration of the First Martyr and Archdeacon Stephen at...
Five of the oldest Bulgarian monasteries, that have been declared monuments of culture – Bachkovski, Troyanski, Kremikovski, Kilifarevski and Plakovski, are expected...
With the Lord’s feast of Holy Epiphany-Theophany, another beautiful and incomparable liturgical cycle of the year has been completed. The conclusion of the holy twelve days is sealed with the ‘Lights and Effulgence’, as the writer Alexandros Papadiamantis put it. After the experience of the ineffable mysteries of the cave in Bethlehem, everything is lit up, everything is sanctified; the springs, the rivers, the whole of creation because of the Baptism of Christ, the God and Human. Indeed, ‘every tongue fails’ and ‘the mind reels’ in every believer at the sight of the King of Glory coming to be baptized. The River Jordan rejoices and is glad at encountering and welcoming into its water its own Creator. Jesus Christ, the source ...
Parents, particularly mothers, often rebuke their children over misbehavior and chide them wrongly. This hurts them. Even if you don’t chastise them externally, but do so internally and feel aggrieved, or look at them angrily, children understand. They don’t accept gentleness thereafter. They think it’s hypocrisy, because they’ve been hurt.
Upon learning the devastating news of the crash of the passenger jet operated by Ukraine International Airlines, His Eminence Archbishop...
A husband full of grace should speak to his woman like this: I have taken you in my arms, and...
Bad thoughts poison life and the relations between people. Especially between a married couple, where thoughts prevail which are the result of the corrosion of time and from the fact that we, as people, aren’t the way others want us to be and the others aren’t as we want them to be, either. In all of these cases, we see the presence of a demonic spirit, and these beings are forever trying to muddle people’s minds and hearts, in order to cause disunity. No-one can claim to be infallible or say that they don’t have idiosyncrasies. But if all you do is look at other people’s behavior, perhaps to justify yourself for your harshness or indifference towards them or so ...
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Friday briefed members of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of...
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Noted American actor and musician Jonathan Jackson this week spoke about his latest work, his Orthodox faith and his efforts...
The Orthodox Church in Montenegro is expected to continue organizing prayer services and rallies against a recently passed law in...
A devout celebratory all-night vigil was held this week at the Mt. Athos monastery of Simonopetra, ahead of the feast day...
The Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, spoke to the Orthodoxia news agency and journalist...
A particularly disturbing report regarding Christian refugees from the Middle East being hosted at one of the biggest migrant shelters...
SYDNEY – His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia, celebrated the Feast of Theophany at the Cathedral of the Annunciation in...
CALGARY – Archbishop Sotirios visited Calgary, Alberta as he has done for many years on the 31st of December. That...
Singer-songwriter Jonathan Jackson chatted with Digital Journal about the upcoming album «Ultraviolet Empire» with Enation He also spoke about the...
Those who put on Christ take from Him the power to cleanse themselves and to become like Him in purity.
Dear HCHC Community, As you know, the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), one of HCHC’s accrediting bodies, has...
Many ask what is death in the Bible. According with the Bible, as the separation of the soul from the...
