Today marks the one-year anniversary of the repose in the Lord of the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Stavrovouni, Archimandrite Athanasios. The reposed elder was a much beloved and respected hieromonk on the island republic, serving for some 40 years as the monastery’s hegumen, or abbot. A memorial service for the reposed elder was…

The Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa is preparing to officially notify and brief the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, via a Patriarchal letter by the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His Most Divine Beatitude Theodoros II, over what the latter condemns as an “intrusion” by the Moscow Patriarchate into the Alexandria Patriarchate’s…

The Church today venerates Athanasios the Great and Cyril, Patriarchs of Alexandria. The Church celebrates the memory of these two Great ecclesiastical Fathers and Archbishops of Alexandria, as Athanasius the Great was a pioneer against the heresy of Arianism, and St. Cyril, a pioneer against Nestorianism. A festal Vespers in memory of Athanasios the Great,…

In hopes of reviving a dormant tradition, three Chicago parish communities came together on Sunday, January 16, to bless Lake Michigan. The service of the Great Blessing of Water was celebrated by Fr. Alexander Koranda and Protodeacon Thomas Keith of Holy Trinity Cathedral (OCA), and Fr. Philip Maikkula of St. Makarios Mission in Hyde Park…

On the occasion of the patronal feast day of His Eminence our Archbishop Makarios of Australia, we take this opportunity to wish our Shepherd in Christ warmest wishes and the abundance of our Lord’s blessings on this important day. Indeed, as we take a moment to reflect on the providence of God for our Holy…

On Saturday morning, 2/15 January 2022, the Hagiotaphite Archimandrite Eusevios Dagalas slept in the Lord. Our blessed brother was found dead in his cell by the Elder Dragoman Archimandrite Mattheos. Prior to this morning, the departed had gone to the monastic Church of Saints Constantine and Helen and led the Byzantine chanting for the feast…

On Thursday, 1/14 January 2022 the Patriarchate celebrated the Despotic feast of the circumcision according to the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ and the commemoration of Saint Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. This feast was celebrated with an All-night vigil at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with Matins in the…

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The memory of George, the New Martyr of Ioannina, the patron saint of Greece’s presidential guard, is venerated today. The saint, whose image is shows Him wearing the traditional kilt-like fustanella, also worn by members of the honor guard in front of Parliament and the president mansion, was declared the patron saint and protector of…