The first part of the inaugural online assembly from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of...
The Church today venerates the memory of the Glorious Prophet Elias (Elijah). A renowned prophet and a miracle worker...
The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral has accepted an invitation by the small Adriatic country’s prime minister, Dusko...
Monday, July 20, marked the dour 46-year anniversary of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This year observance of the...
The tragic saga of the Hagia Sophia’s conversion into a mosque by the now unabashedly Islamist government of Turkish...
A young man who wants to become a monk does so because he’s received the fire, the flame of Christ. And if this young man comes to monasticism, he doesn’t reject other people. Monastics who leave the world and enter the wilderness reject the sick spirit of the world, but not the human beings in it.
Invited by King Felipe VI, His Grace Bishop Timotei of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal attended a...
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday signed the decree proclaiming August 16 as National Day of Remembrance of the Brancoveanu...
Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on Thursday posted on social media to thank former US Vice President Biden for expressing his...
Culture Minister Lina Mendoni was strongly critical of the decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque while speaking in...
Podgorica, Montenegro (19 July 2020) — Prime Minister Duško Marković called on the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and...
A sign of true knowledge is the ability to bear sufferings and not blame other people for the disasters that befall us. Sorrows come to us to instruct, to expunge previous sins, to correct our negligent attitude or to prevent transgressions in the future.
Today our Church celebrates the Fathers who took part in the Fourth Ecumenical Synod which deliberated and concluded definitively concerning the two natures of Christ. The Gospel extract which is read in churches is dedicated to them and is from our Lord’s sermon on the mount. Christ, as God and human, calls his disciples the light of the world. Let us look at Christ’s words more closely. What does the example of light imply? The Lord used the example of salt (Matth. 5, 13) and light for His disciples. The example of light is more sublime. According to Saint John Chrysostom, when He talks about the city on the hill, which can’t be hidden, He means ‘a strict way of living, a ...
During the Divine Liturgy, just before the recitation of the Creed, the priest urges the faithful: ‘Let us love one another, that with one mind we may confess’. Confess what? The people reply (through the singers): ‘Father, Son and Holy Spirit, Trinity consubstantial and undivided’. In other words, our faith in the one true God, the Holy Trinity. Therefore, a confession of faith without love isn’t pleasing to God. *** Photo: Rafail Georgiadis At the same time, within the sanctuary, the priests are embracing, kissing each other on the cheek and saying: ‘Christ is in the midst of us’. ‘He is and will be’. So He can see that we’re sincere in our expression of love, which is the embrace. In former times, this embrace was also given outside ...
Press Release No: 20/14 15 July 2020 Brussels The Conference of European Churches (CEC) has witnessed the recent decision of...
Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology strongly protests the decision of the Turkish government to turn Hagia...
On Tuesday the 14th of July 2020, ACOY NSW held its first face-to-face meeting since the introduction of COVID-19 restrictions....
A specific insult against both Christianity and Islam. The stubborn decision of Turkey about the Hagia Sophia is not only...
46th Anniversary Commemoration of the Invasion of Cyprus To the Very Reverend and Reverend Clergy Esteemed Members of the Metropolitan...
Brussels, 17 July 2020 COMMUNIQUE ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF HAGIA SOFIA FROM A MUSEUM TO A MOSQUE It is with...
