Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou In the Gospel, it states that the disciples ‘were assembled for fear of the Jews’[1]. One could envisage that fear was not the only motivation that gathered them together. Perhaps they would have been less vulnerable if they had remained dispersed. Probably they gathered together because their hearts all burned with the…

  The American Red Cross states that, ” Stress is a normal response to a challenging physical or emotional situation. It can come from an event that makes you feel frustrated, angry or nervous. It is your body’s reaction to a challenge or demand. Toxic stress occurs when demands are out of balance with our…

This story was told by Archimandrite Gavriil (1886-1983), former Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou. Back in the late 1970s, early ’80s, I was making a visit to the Holy Mountain, which is easy from Thessaloniki, where we live. In those days, the ship’s first stop was the boat-house of Zograf, the Bulgarian monastery….

Elder Evthymios of the Kelli of the Resurrection in Kapsala on Mt. Athos, in a letter addressed the coronavirus crisis and the Church’s response to it, calling all of us to faithfulness, patience and prayer, and to repentance. “With the fear of the virus, the churches have closed down and the faithful are deprived of…

Sunday Sermon – 26th of April 2020 By His Eminence Archbishop Seraphim Of the Holy Archbishopric of Zimbabwe Sunday of Saint Thomas In the joy of Resurrection, our Church spotlights the example of the doubting Thomas, who through the greatness of his faith, constitutes a lesson for all those who pass through the phase of…

Bishop Veniamin of Zheleznogorsk and Lgovsk died of coronavirus on Sunday, Patriarch Kirill-led working group said. “Several days ago, Bishop Veniamin was hospitalized to the Kursk Semashko regional clinical infectious diseases hospital. Yesterday, the church hierarch was moved to the intensive care unit, he was diagnosed with double pneumonia, which was caused by the coronavirus…

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros Homily for the Sunday of Thomas  April 26, 2020 Holy Resurrection Greek Orthodox Church, Brookville, New York Brothers and Sisters in the Risen Christ, Χριστὸς Ἀνέστη! [and in response: Ἀληθῶς Ἀνέστη!] Christ is Risen! [and in response: Truly He is Risen!] And though the doors were sealed shut – καὶ τῶν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, the Lord…

Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, has sent a letter to the country’s relevant education and religious affairs minister demanding that cathedrals and chapels be allowed to reopen, using unequivocal language to press home the Church of Greece’s position. The letter sent to Minister Niki Karameos was first approved by members of…