With the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph, after having had several meetings and discussions to ensure the safety of our children and staff, we are pleased to announce that we will be opening the Antiochian Village Camp this summer in a limited capacity following all the necessary protocols and safety measures. We will send…

The sufferings and the blood of those unjustly imprisoned call upon us, today, to stop looking for a comfortable life and to begin to seek first the Kingdom of God, as Christ urges us. They did this standing steadfast in front of the storm and confessing the truth, like giants of Romanian spirituality, who arouse…

Today the Bulgaria Orthodox Church honours the memory of Saint Sophronius of Vratsa – a Bulgarian clergyman, bishop of Vratsa, national awakener and first follower of the work of Paisii Hilendarski. In Vratsa, the feast of the saint, who is the heavenly patron of the diocese, will be marked with various initiatives in compliance with…

St. Tikhon’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania, recently announced the launch of an annual lecture in honor of St. Nikolai (Velimirović) lecture. The inaugural lecture, “St. Nikolai: His Later Years,” will be given on March 23 by His Grace Bishop Irenej (Dobrijević) of the Eastern American Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the seminary…

The Greek school of the St. Paul Orthodox parish in Hempstead, New York, commenced events this week for the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821. Following a Divine Liturgy on the Saturday of the Soul, pupils of the parish’s schools marched in front of the cathedral courtyard, carrying Greek flags and banners.    …

Today, March 11, marks the anniversary of the death in 1978 of Sofia Vembo, the legendary singer and actress whose voice is associated with the Greek Army’s victory against Italian fascist forces in the early stages of WWII on the Albanian front. A year ago, in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Greece’s entry into…

The only cleric moto-paramedic employed by Greece’s national ambulance service, Fr. Apostolos Damkalis, spoke with the online Pemptousia.fm radio this week, where he discussed the dual calling that he fulfills on a daily basis, for the past several years.    

Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the imposition of the first pandemic-related restrictions in Greece on public assembly, non-essential movement outdoors and much of the retail sector. The year that passed witnessed strict to looser restrictions on Church-going and religious services, with an additional repercussion – beyond preventing the faithful from worshipping in cathedrals and…

The Church today venerates the memory of Theodora the Righteous.