Your Eminence, On behalf of the historic Cathedral of Saints Constantine and Helen, I would like to welcome you today...
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Today when we commemorate our national poet Dionysios Solomos, all Hellenism proudly celebrates, for the fourth year, International Greek Language...
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In essence, everybody is persecuted and treated unfairly. But they don’t rejoice. Instead they weep and lament. Joy and comfort in sorrows doesn’t come from the nature of the temptations and trials, but from God’s Grace, which comforts ‘those who labor and are heavy laden’ in their submission to the will of God- not only now but also eternally. ‘Rejoice and be glad for great is your reward in heaven; (Matth. 5, 12). Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
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The online platform Pemptousia, in cooperation with the Friends of Mount Athos society, on Tuesday will host the inaugural online...
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A procedure to return assets confiscated after WWII to churches and religious communities in Serbia is almost complete. More than...
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A Korean organization this month released a report presenting horrifying accounts of Christian persecution in North Korea, a communist dictatorship...
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The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Sunday, the 16th Sunday of Matthew, recounted the Parable of the...
In a related Greek news development, the chief of staff of the country’s armed forces, Gen. Konstantinos Floros, on Monday...
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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visited Israel on Monday for talks with Israeli leadership, including his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu. Issues...
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The Church today venerates the memory of Theodore, the Commander & Great Martyr. This saint achieved the crown of martyrdom...
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Watch our news bulletin in English with Charilaos Tzannis: Πηγή: www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr
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On Sunday 25 January / 7 February 2021, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos officiated the Divine...
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Damascus, 8 February 2021 Considering the spread of Covid-19 pandemic which afflicts the world and its people today, and subsequent...
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At every Vespers, we hear the prayer: “Lord, now You are letting Your servant depart in peace, according to Your word; For my eyes have seen your salvation …” (Luke 2: 29-31). As St. Luke the Evangelist writes, it is with these words that the Righteous Symeon praised and thanked God, when he took the 40 day old baby Jesus in his arms, while in the Temple of Jerusalem. But who was Symeon, who claimed this special honor from God? He was a devout and faithful man, eagerly awaiting the fulfillment of the Biblical Prophecies (from Isaiah and the other Prophets) concerning the coming of Christ, the Messiah who would bring salvation to the people of Israel. Additionally, the Holy ...
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The Philippines and Vietnam Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church is happy to announce that construction has begun on a...
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The nuns of the St. Alexander Nevsky Novo-Tikhvin Monastery in Ekaterinburg held a “touching and bright celebration” on Friday, February...
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Greek General Theodoros Kolokotronis (Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης) was born on April 3, 1770, and passed away on February 4, 1843, at...
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For eight years, Greek restorer Venizelos Gavrilakis and his colleagues have preserved artifacts, icons, frescos and paintings in 25 Greek...
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Why do people pursue Greek studies and what is the practical application of the language in someone’s career and...
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Beloved Sisters and Brothers in the Lord, I come among you this morning, here in our wonderful Cathedral in Brooklyn,...