Three-day events and commemorations began in Greece on Tuesday ahead of Thursday’s bicentennial celebration of the commencement of the Greek Revolution of 1821. All Orthodox churches and chapels in the country will be decorated with flags, while Doxology and memorial services are scheduled at Metropolitan Cathedrals. A special prayer conveyed by the Holy Synod of…

In the first week of Lent – Sunday of Orthodoxy, the day when the Church celebrates the memory of the establishment of respect for icons in 843, during the reign of Empress Theodora and Patriarch Methodius, after a long persecution of icons in the VIII and IX century, in the Zica monastery sisterhood, clergy and…

Patriarch Porfirije: Freedom is in life which is in harmony with the will of God, and that means in harmony with all that is true and genuine nature. His Holiness Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the crypt of the Saint Sava Cathedral in the Vracar district, in Belgrade, on Sunday of…

Bishop Joanikije: Владика Јоаникије: We confess the beauty of God equally by singing and painting icons and everything we do in our worship services. On the first week of the Great Lent – Sunday of Orthodoxy, 21 March 2021, His Grace Bishop of Budimlje-Niksic and Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral Kyr…

His Grace Bishop Fotije of Zvornik-Tuzla celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the church of Holy Prophet Elijah in Janja on Sunday of Orthodoxy, 21 March 2021. The Bishop was concelebrated by protopresbyter-staurophors Miodrag Gavric and Cviko Mojic, retired parish priests of Bijeljina; archpriest Aleksandar Tesic, diocesan dean of Ugljevik and Janja; protodeacon Bogdan Stjepanovic…

March 21, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas, together with Fr. Nick Kotsis and the Greek community surrounding the town of Ypsilanti, Michigan commemorated the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. The town is proudly named after Greek revolutionary, Demetrios Ypsilantis. Goarch.org  

Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, issues Greek Independence Day proclamation on the 15th of March, 2021. Goarch.org

On Saturday, March 13, 2021 the Order of AHEPA presented a unique show for the ages. In Astoria, at the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York’s Stathakion Center, AHEPA paid homage to the American support to the Greek War of Independence. Many fundraisers were made during the war to assist the Greek cause….

Introducing the newest podcast series: Spotlight on Orthodox Families, from the GOA Center for Family Care. Once a month Marianna McMullen and Despina Ellis will be interviewing couples from around the country in order to share the stories and lives of Orthodox families as a source of support and inspiration to others. In this first…