Beloved Deacon Thomas, Today, you stand in the temple of the Living God, surrounded by Seraphim and Cherubim, the People of God and the “great cloud of witnesses.”[1] You stand as one who has served the Holy Altar as a Deacon, and is now stepping forward to the ministry of the Honorable Presbyterate in Christ….

Installation of the Rev. Fr. Dimitrios Lee Sts. Constantine & Helen Greek Orthodox Church of Washington, DC Silver Spring, Maryland June 26, 2021 Beloved in Christ, I am very pleased, indeed, to be at Saints Constantine and Helen this evening. We are gathered to celebrate the Vespers of the Feast of All Saints, and to…

Beloved Deacon Panayiotis, Today, on this Feast of the Apodosis of Pentecost, you are called to “give back” your ministry to Christ – here, in this magnificent Cathedral. You are called to “give back” your deacon’s stole that drapes only one shoulder, and to take up the yoke of ministry symbolized by the “epitrachelion.” The…

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia has announced tonight that public worship will be suspended in Greek Orthodox churches located in Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick and the City of Sydney Councils due to the recent coronavirus outbreak. The eight churches affected are: Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, Redfern. Dormition of our Lady, Redern. Holy…

The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, His Beatitude Anastasios, on Thursday celebrated his 29th anniversary of election to the throne of the Church of Albania at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Tirana. The Divine Liturgy was officiated by Archbishop Anastasios and celebrated by several Metropolitans of the Albanian Church.

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday attended the high school graduation ceremony at the Patriarchal Great School of the Nation in the Bosporus metropolis.

A 37-year-old defrocked priest who carried out a horrendous and unprecedented acid attack on Wednesday afternoon, during a hearing of an appellate level synodal, or ecclesiastical, tribunal convened at the Petraki Monastery in central Athens, was charged on Friday with several felony counts of aggravated assault. He remained in custody this week, remanded to a…

Members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece this week concluded their three-day sessions for the month of June, chaired by the Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos. In terms of an education ministry draft bill unveiled this week, which includes provisions for secondary ecclesiastical academies in the country, a…

The Church today venerates the memory of Fevronia the Righteous Martyr. Today we also commemorate the Leave-taking of the Nativity of the Foreunner John the Baptist.