Dear friends, You are invited to participate in the 2nd e-Meeting from Mount Athos with Elder Ephraim and English Speaking Byzantine Chanters, which will take place Monday, March 22, 2021, 07:30-09:30 PM Athens time (12:30 EASTERN). Elder Ephraim will talk in Greek and we will offer simultaneous English Interpretation for the entire session, including the…

The 17th Annual National Archon Lenten Retreat of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate is open to all Archons and their families. This year the retreat promises to be particularly inspiring, as the retreat master will be His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. The retreat will occur on April…

Your Eminence, Metropolitan Tarasios, I would first like to begin by thanking you for being here today. With humility, I stand before you today, asking that you invoke the Holy Spirit, that through the Grace of the Holy Spirit to change my imperfections and fill that which is lacking for the glory of His Holy…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America has appointed Mr. George Tsunis to serve as the co-Vice Chairman of the Archdiocese’s National Coordinating Committee commemorating the historic Greek Revolution of 1821. The Committee is comprised of individuals and organizations representing the fullness of the Omogenia in the United States “Celebrating our rich Hellenic culture and the…

Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church & National Shrine Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ, The construction on our Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine continues apace, and we are confident that the exterior of the Shrine will be complete in advance of September 11, 2021, a most significant milestone to be observed. Part…

The Orthodoxia News Agency and online platform Pemptousia will live stream an event on Tuesday recreating the oath-taking by the Greek revolutionaries on the eve of the commencement of the War of Independence in March 1821. The event is scheduled to begin at 19:30 Athens time on Tuesday, March 16, the second day of Great…

The newly enthroned Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Porfirije, on Monday, the first day of Great Lent, began a three-day period of strict fast from all foods and drink at the historic Serbian monastery of the Patriarchate of Pec, in Kosovo and Metohija. His Holiness arrived on Sunday at the monastery, where he supplicated the…

An exact replica of the wonder-working Icon of the Panaghia Paramythia has been conveyed for veneration by the faithful at the St. Nicholas Cathedral of Bucharest. The original Panagia Paramythia, known as the Vatopedi Mother of Consolation, is an 8th century miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary is preserved at the Holy and Great Monastery…

The faithful in Greece on Monday, the first day of Lent before Holy Pascha (Easter), known as Clean Monday or Shrove Monday in Orthodoxy, celebrated and observed the day quite differently from previous years, as pandemic-related restrictions kept churches closed in most of the country, while bans on non-essential travel outdoors limited the mass congregation…