With at least two months left in fire season, 4 million acres have already burned across the state of California, with fires continuing to grow in northern California, as well as Oregon and Washington, placing several Orthodox monasteries, churches, and parishioners’ homes at risk. According to a new update from His Eminence Archbishop Benjamin of…

On July 23, the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople canonized Metropolitan Kallinikos of Edessa, a 20th-century holy hierarch of the Greek Church. His feast is celebrated annually on August 8. Next week, the faithful of the Metropolis of Edessa, Pella, and Almopias will experience another great spiritual joy, as the precious relics of…

Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe visited last weekend two Romanian parishes in the southern part of Sweden. On Friday, the hierarch officiated the Sacrament of the Holy Unction at Helsingborg, and on Saturday he celebrated the Divine Liturgy in Lund. “I feel great joy when I see the children that we have clothed with Christ,”…

Moscow, October 5, Interfax – Russian Orthodox Church, after the murder of two girls in the Yaroslavl Region who were victims of a rapist, suggested that such criminals should be sentenced to life imprisonment. “I think that rapists of this kind should be subjected to life imprisonment, they should be isolated from society so that…

In late July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the conversion of the Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, to a mosque. Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) is gravely concerned of the impact of this action, along with others by the Turkish government, on the small Christian community in Turkey. CMEP affirms the…

Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute has published their most recent issue of Ecumenical Trends with a focus on the vital document of For the Life of the World: Toward a Social Ethos of the Orthodox Church. The issue features articles by two Orthodox Christians, Rev. Dr. Nicolas Kazarian and Dr. Carrie Frederick Frost, in addition…

While fires in some areas on the west coast are slowly being contained, the fires in Napa and Sonoma counties continue to grow, forcing more evacuations and causing more damage and destruction. This year the state of California has sadly reached a devastating milestone of 4 million acres burned, with at least two months remaining…

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Seventh online Archontariki from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, will take place next Monday, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Athens time).