St. Herman of Alaska Monastery in Platina and St. Xenia’s Skete in nearby Wildwood, California, again find themselves under threat of wildfire. St. Herman’s Monastery was founded by Blessed Seraphim (Rose) and Fr. Herman (Podmoshensky) in the late 1960s, and is now home to the grave of Fr. Seraphim, who died at the age of…

New workers in the Vineyard of the Lord. – Order of St. Sava to Gojko Radic and Mr. Zoran Arsic. To a great joy of the faithful people of Subotica, His Grace Bishop Irinej of Backa celebrated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Ascension church in Subotica on the feast of the Exaltation of the…

On September 25 and 26, 2020, an International Scientific Conference “Venerable Prohor of Pcinja – 950 years in the Serbian people” was held under auspices of the Diocese of Vranje, Southern Serbia. On that occasion, a total of 28 papers were presented, which, in thematic units in two sessions on the first day and one…

NEW YORK – The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America has distributed a total of $620,775 to persons affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic in the USA, as was officially reported by the Archdiocese in a lengthy article on its web site. Excerpts from the post follow: “’What you are doing is the work of God!’ These…

September 27, 2020 Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church Bridgeport, Connecticut My Beloved Christians of this wonderful Holy Trinity Parish, I am so very glad to join with you today in the worship of the Holy Trinity, for Whom your parish is named and by Whom we are all saved. We gather in spirit and in…

  Author: Fr. Evan Armatas Reviewed by Fr. Jim Kordaris “My hope with this small book is to provide others with the same practical and simple direction I offer in person, which I pray will assist them also in their pursuit of God.” – Fr. Evan Tuning in to Fr. Evan Armatas’s weekly call-in show,…

New York – More than 1,200 delegates and observers participated in the 45th Biennial Clergy Laity Congress of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The theme of the Congress, “…the greatest of these is love” exemplified the words and the spirit of the presenters as the Covid-19 pandemic forced the Congress to be held “virtually.”…

  Built between 532 and 537, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom, Ayasofya) represents a brilliant moment in Byzantine architecture and art. It was the principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople (later Istanbul), and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453. The decision of the Turkish government in 1934…

Over the weekend, Manningham police in Victoria worked together with members of the St Haralambos Greek Orthodox Parish in Templestowe to respond to an emergency incident involving a member of the local Greek community. According to a statement on Facebook by Manningham Police, police were called to a home in Doncaster on Friday evening to…