This week’s “How-to” Green Your Parish episode features Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Raleigh, NC. The “How-to” Green Your Parish series is an initiative of the Department of Inter-Orthodox, Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations. New episodes will be released weekly featuring ideas and ways to introduce creation care and sustainability in your parish and home….
Dr. Paraskevè “Eve” Tibbs, the Christian Education Ministry leader for the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, has just published a book, A Basic Guide to Eastern Orthodox Theology – Introducing Beliefs and Practices. The format is inviting and accessible, suitable for both Orthodox and western Christian readers, who may or may not have prior…
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco is pleased to announce “Learning Through Serving: Project Based Learning for Religious Education”. This Zoom workshop will be held on Thursday, August 19, 2021 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. PDT and is ideal for clergy, religious educators, Sunday School directors and teachers, parents, and anyone interested in…
The online Pemptousia platform is hosting the inaugural Archontariki with the Church of Cyprus’ Metropolitan of Tamassos and Orinis, His Grace Isaiah, on Wednesday, and at 8 p.m. Athens time. His Grace will speak on the subject of “The Mission of a Christian in the Modern World”. Information on registration for the online address can…
On the occasion of last year’s centennial of the repose in the Lord of St. Nektarios of Aegina, the award-winning movie “Man of God”, based on the life and works of St. Nektarios, will debut in Greek cinemas on Aug. 26. The Hollywood production, directed by Yelena Popovic, was shot in the greater Athens area…
The feast day of St. Panteleimon was celebrated with an archieratical Vespers on Monday afternoon at the cathedral dedicated to the saint in the Makedonitissa district of Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. The service was officiated by the Archbishop of Cyprus, His Beatitude Chrysostomos, who was accompanied by hierarchs and clerics of the Holy Archdiocese….
The Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain, His Eminence Nikitas, on Sunday con-celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Georgian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Lord, following the kind invitation of the Georgian Church’s Archbishop of Dmanisi, Great Britain and Ireland, His Eminence Zenon. Following the service, the two hierarchs reaffirmed the Church’s Eucharistic unity,…
The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, officiated at a Hierarchical Liturgy at the Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel in Kovilje, on the occasion of the patron saint-day – the Synaxis of the Holy Archangel Gabriel – based on the Julian calendar. Several hierarchs, monks, clergy and deacons from many dioceses of the Serbian Orthodox…
Two Parliament deputies of the lesser opposition party Kinima Allaghis, Vassilis Kegeroglou and Dimitris Konstantopoulos, have tabled a draft amendment in Parliament foreseeing the creation of a foreign-language department at the Patriarchal University Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete. The two lawmakers tabled their amendment to coincide with a draft bill submitted by the relevant education and…