When the Jews slew St. Stephen by stoning, they left his body for the dogs to consume. However, God’s providence intended otherwise. The martyr’s body lay in an open place at the foothill of the city for one night and two days. The second night Gamaliel, Paul’s teacher and secretly a disciple of Christ, came…

Beloved Sisters and Brothers in the Lord, As we commence the days of the Holy Fast for the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, I rejoice that I am with you all in this magnificent church and community that is named in Her honor. The Fast commences today with the special commemoration of…

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The award-winning movie “Man of God”, based on the life and works of St. Nektarios of Aegina, will debut in Greek cinemas on Aug. 26. The Hollywood production was shot in the greater Athens area and on the island of Aegina, where St. Nektarios founded a renowned monastery, a place that attracts thousands of pilgrims…

The Holy Metropolis of Edessa, Pella and Almopias, in northern Greece, on Friday announced that due to the absence of Metropolitan Joel from the country over the past weekend, an encyclical issued by the permanent Holy Synod of the Church of Greece regarding the ongoing pandemic and its treatment with vaccinations was not read out…

An Episcopal liturgy at the ruins of a 5th century Byzantine Church was held on Thursday in the Israeli city of Ashdod, ancient coastal Azotos. The outdoors Divine Liturgy at the ruins of the ancient Church was officiated by Archbishop Theophanes of GeRAssa, with the participation of several Hierarchs and Elder Archimandrites of the Greek…

The body of blessed Metropolitan Nikiforos of Kinshasa, arrived on the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos on Friday, and specifically at the Agia Anna area. The beloved hierarch and devoted missionary reposed in the Lord on Tuesday in the northern Greece city of Thessaloniki, hours after he was airlifted there from Africa. By decision…

US State spokesperson Ned Price on Thursday again urged the government of Turkey to reopen the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s Halki Seminary, thereby allowing the institution to train Orthodox clergy, according to a statement posted on Twitter. A more comprehensive US State Department statement was attached to the tweet, reading: “Today marks 50 years since the Turkish…

The Church today venerates the memory of Silas & Silvanos, the Apostles of the 70.