After remaining in evacuation for more than a week due to the wildfires in northern California, the monks of St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina were able to return home in time for the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, and for the anniversary of the repose of the brotherhood’s co-founder…

The Ugandan Orthodox Church was shaken yesterday to learn that its archpastor, His Eminence Metropolitan Jonah (Lwanga) of Kampala and Uganda, has reposed in the Lord, having suffered a heart attack following a long battle with cancer. His Eminence reposed in Athens, where he had gone for medical attention and mission work, reports the press…

Port Augusta is one of the major regional centres in South Australia. Its location at the top of Spencer Gulf makes it the “crossroads of Australia”, being at the junction of the major interstate routes (both road and rail) to Perth and to Darwin. It is also known as the “gateway to the outback”, being…

On Sunday, September 5, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America concelebrated the Divine Liturgy together with His Grace Bishop Damaskinos of Dorylaion at the Patriarchal and Stavropegial Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Chania, Crete. goarch.org  

His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East presided over the Divine Liturgy in the monastery of St. George Al-Humayra in Wadi al-Nasara. He was concelebrated in the ministry by Bishops Moussa El-Khoury, Demetrios Sharbak and Ephraim Maalouli, as well as a number of priests and deacons. At the end of the Liturgy…

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Vatopedi publications this week released the volume “Epistles and Poetry of the Elder Joseph the Hesychast.” For more information visit the website www.vatopedi.gr

The Metropolitan of Thessaliotida, His Eminence Timotheos, this week took the opportunity to see the motion picture “Man of God”, based on the life and works of St. Nektarios of Aegina. The film, which was released this year, has posted record ticket sales in Greece’s outdoor movie theaters.

The Metropolitan of Corfu, Paxous and the Diapontian Isles, His Eminence Nektarios, this week received a delegation of Serbian youths visiting Corfu as part of program organized by the Patriarchate of Serbia. The program, entitled “In the Footsteps of Our Ancestors”, has for the past nine years brought Serbian young people to Corfu, who are…