The Patriarchate of Romania’s Annunciation preschool commemorated International Women’s Day – annually observed on March 8 – with a modest celebration on Monday, complete with the reciting of poems, songs and hand-made gifts bestowed by the children to their mothers. Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions in place, the celebration was videotaped and sent to the…

The ambassador of Hungary to Greece, Erik Haupt, spoke to the Orthodoxia news agency this week, where he detailed the Budapest government’s standing interest and financial support in restoring vandalized chapels on the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos – desecration attributed to groups of third country irregular migrants that were smuggled onto EU territory from…

  The Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, on Tuesday gave the latest online address from Mount Athos, ahead of the coming commencement of the Great Lent before Holy Pascha (Easter). The Great Lent is a period of trial for the faithful, who strive to become more spiritual…

The Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude John X, this week reminded that the great fast is a path of mercy, one that leads us to the Grace of God”, in his message ahead of the coming of the commencement of Great Lent before Holy Pascha (Easter). “Faith in God, the fast…

On the occasion of the one-year anniversary of the canonization of the Holy Fathers of Mount Athos, the Elder Daniel Katounakiotis, the Elder Joseph the Hesychast, Hieromonk Ephraim Katounakiotis, as well as Ieronymos Simonopetras, the online platform Pemptousia and the Orthodoxia news agency have posted special features on the life and works of the four…

With great joy and liturgical grandeur the ordination of Bishop Raphael of Ilion took place at the Church of St Panteleimon and St Paraskevi in Harrow, North-West London, on the feast of the Forty-Martyrs of Sebaste. The Divine Liturgy was presided by His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain and concelebrated by their…

The Church today venerates the memory of the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia, as well as the Priest Christos from Andravida and Demogeron (a local authority) Panagos, new martyrs from the town of Gastouni, both in Ilia prefecture of southern Greece. These two saints achieved the crown of martyrdom at the hands of the Ottomans…

The scope of work for the Cathedral from end of 2017 through the present was focused on Enclosure and Stabilization. As such, the total effort encompasses all the work needed to stabilize the structure and protect it from the elements including but not limited to: Assessment of structure post fire, steel framework stabilization, removal of…

As Great Lent approaches, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce a Lenten study guide for parishes to navigate For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church. Enriched by scriptural, patristic, theological, and spiritual references, For the Life of the World serves as a powerful social…