Role and contribution of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to National and Religious Identity The Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross will host a virtual conference entitled “1821-2021: The Orthodox Church and the Greek Revolution” on April 17, 2021, beginning at 10 am EST. Featured presenters include: His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, Dr. Nicolas…

Cypriot communities across Australia have honoured the heroes and heroines of the EOKA (National Organisation of Cypriot Fighters) struggle against British colonial rule with a number of church services and wreath laying ceremonies. On Sunday, April 4, Sydney’s Cypriot community gathered at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of The Annunciation of Our Lady in Redfern to…

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A final countdown has begun for the debut of the online Pemptousia television, where Internet users will be able to view live programs, on-demand content, live-streaming, features, documentaries, interviews and events related to Orthodoxy around the world.  

Members of the brotherhood of the Cathedral of the Ascension in Belgrade, Serbia, along Fr. Arsenicevic, on Tuesday held a memorial service at the church’s entrance, remembering and praying for the souls of the victims of the Nazi bombings of Belgrade on April 6, 1941. Nazi Germany attacked the former Yugoslavia and Greece on that…

The Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Most Godly Beatitude Theophilos III, this week received new members of the Patriarchate-affiliated Association of the Myrrh-bearing Women. The Jerusalem Patriarch gave his blessing to the group and spoke with the new members.      

An online international scientific conference on the subject of Comforting Care at Home and the Hospital, was organized this week by the St. Alexius Hospital in Moscow. Among others, conference participants were briefed on the actions and initiatives of the Russian Orthodox Church towards this direction.  

The Feast of the Annunciation of the Most-Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, based on the Julian calendar, was celebrated in centuries-old Athonite splendor and reverence on Tuesday at the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Mount Athos. A Great Vespers service was officiated by the Very Reverend Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Hilandar,…

On the occasion of World Health Day, annually celebrated on April 7, which this year comes amid the still ongoing and demoralizing Covid-19 pandemic, it’s worth remembering that the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece last summer donated medical equipment worth 97,000 euros to the country’s national health system. In a related development, members of the…