On behalf of the Assembly of Bishops Committee for Youth and our jurisdictional youth directors, His Grace Bishop Thomas of the Diocese of Oakland, and Metropolitan Gregory of the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA, have announced that “Year of the Youth” video testimonies by our youth are now being posted. These youth videos,…

The Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) of Iaşi has built another house for a need family. ASCOR Iaşi’s third such house, in Vlădeni commune, Iași County, was blessed on May 21, the feast of Sts. Constantine and Helen on the New Calendar, by His Grace Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe, and handed over to…

On Sunday of the Paralytic, May 23rd 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen, in Croydon, S. London. Several pupils of St Cyprian’s Greek Orthodox Primary School took part in the Liturgy. Following the service His Eminence bestowed the office of Oeconomos upon…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was presented with the Key to the City of Wilmington, Delaware by Mayor Michael Purzycki on Sunday, May 23, 2021 during a pastoral visit to Holy Trinity Church. In addition to this honor, His Eminence was met by the Governor of Delaware John Carney and presented a gift of…

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The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Sunday called on the faithful to participate in the spiritual therapy in which the Lord Jesus Christ calls us, speaking on the Sunday of the Paralytic, during his sermon at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul in Belgrade. His Holiness particularly emphasized, in his Sermon, the…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Sunday of the Paralytic at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in the town of Reineh, near Nazareth. The fourth Sunday of Holy Easter is observed by the Orthodox Church as the Sunday of the Paralytic. The day…

On the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus, the Metropolitan of Limassol, His Eminence Athanasios, on Sunday officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, in the Monovoliko district. The service commemorated the memory of St. Matrona the Wonderworker of Moscow. The Russian Federation’s ambassador to Cyprus, His Excellency Stanislav Osachi was…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this past week received a delegation from the Fatih district’s public health services. Members of the public health detail inspected the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s premises in relation to measures in effect to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus, with the delegation expressing their satisfaction with…