More than 15 million citizens in Russia have sent information about relatives that served in the armed forces during World War II, known in the country as the Great Patriotic War. The purpose is to include the names in the new Cathedral of the Armed Forces. Some three million rubles have already been used for…

The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, this week issued an encyclical for Friday’s Feast Day of St. Nicholas the Wonder-worker. Elpidophoros, in part, notes that ” …The name of St. Nicholas brings joy to people around the world as nearly a synonym for love and generosity. Even more does his name evoke reverence and…

An orthros and hierarchical Divine Liturgy was celebrated on Thursday for the reposed former Archbishop of Great Britain and Thyateira Gregorios, at the Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God, in the London district of Wood Green. A funeral service followed, before interment of the reposed Archbishop at the Hendon Cemetery. The Orthodoxia…

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Antonis Diamataris on Thursday tendered his resignation, which was accepted by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. In a resignation letter, Diamataris, who held the Greek Diaspora and religious diplomacy portfolio, said that over the past few days he was the recipient of “…personal attacks aimed to disorient, with the purpose being to…

The Church today venerates the memory of Sabbas the Sanctified. St. Sabbas entered monastic life from childhood and was under the tutelage of the great mentor of monastics, Euthymius the Great. In October 2018, the Holy Relic of St. Sabbas was conveyed to a new reliquary, in the presence of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His…

MCCANDLESS, PA – Police are investigating a fatal car crash in the parking lot of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in McCandless, WPXI 11 News reported on December 4. The black “SUV managed to travel across a major North Hills road and crash into the parking lot… killing a man inside,” WPXI 11 News reported,…

Pantanassa Monastery is in grave danger right now, threatened by an out of control bushfire that authorities fear to be unstoppable. The fire is at the door step of the Holy place and every step has been taken to save the monastery with the use of sprinklers and SES ground support. The nearby St Dionysios…

On December 4, the feast day of the Entry of the Holy Theotokos into the Temple, His Holiness, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, officiated a Divine Liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin, reported Patriarchia.ru. After the service, the Patriarch delivered a sermon, in which he spoke about religious upbringing of…

His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon will travel to Moscow this week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Church of Saint Catherine-in-the-fields as the representation of the Orthodox Church in America to the Church of Russia. Metropolitan Tikhon will be joined by His Eminence Archbishop David of Sitka, Archimandrite Andrei, Bishop-elect of Cleveland, Auxiliary to His…