Hundreds of faithful are expected to participate in the 49th annual Saint Herman Pilgrimage to Spruce Island, home of North America’s first saint, August 7-9, 2019. His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon and His Eminence, Archbishop David will concelebrate, together with clergy from across the Diocese of Alaska and beyond. The pilgrimage will open on Wednesday evening,…

Archbishop Makarios, the new primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia, arrived on Saturday in Melbourne in his first official visit to the city with the highest concentration of Greeks in the country. People dressed in traditional clothes greeted him upon his arrival at the airport. Archbishop Makarios will meet with many parishioners, Greek…

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, Europa Nostra, this week again sounded warning bells over the fate of the closed and dilapidated ethnic Greek orphanage on the Princes Island of Prinkipo, known as Büyükada in Turkish. The historic building, billed as the largest wooden structure in Europe, was seized…

The majestic Sümela Monastery in Turkey’s Black Sea province of Trabzon aims to welcome a total of 500,000 local and foreign tourists this year, an official said. “Although the monastery was closed last year, we had hosted around 290,000 people. Hopefully, we will surpass that,” Ali Ayvazoğlu, the provincial head of the Culture and Tourism…

His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah presided over the mystery of Ordination where Catechist Samuel Bigaruka was ordained to Deaconship at Rubaare Orthodox community, Ntungamo District western Uganda. Deacon Samuel is the father of Rev. Fr. Aristo Asiimwe who is the Parish priest of this developing community which started in 2016. Through the calling from God and…

Bishop Sahak Mashalian, the newly elected Vicar of the Armenian Patriarchate in the City (Istanbul), visited on Friday, August 2, 2019, the seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in the Phanar. Bishop Sahak, accompanied by clergy of the Armenian Patriarchate, was received by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with honor and cordiality, and informed him of the…

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New Orthodox parish, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was founded for the dozens of newly baptized Christian Orthodox faithful in Guatemala.

A feature is posted today on the Orthodoxia News Agency on the life and work of the Elder Chrysostomos, the Abbot of the Monastery St. Gerasimos of the Jordan. The Elder Chrysostomos has worked tirelessly to protect the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem’s possession, and, with the blessing of God, to create an oasis for…