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With the blessing of the Metropolitan of Zambia, His Eminence John, clerics of the Orthodox metropolis traveled to the Chongwe...

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Tuesday morning officiated at a con-celebratory service at...

The campaign to fund a new support center for pregnant women managed to raise more than 90% of its goal...

Waging war against us isn’t all that easy for the demons. During the battle, they feel sorrow and unease, especially when they’re faced with formidable opponents, in other words, with holy and perfected Christians. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be talking at all about a battle and a struggle between us and the demons, but simply about our defeat and destruction, because they’d rout us straight away, without let or hindrance. So there’s concern on both sides. Defeat is painful for both sides and causes turmoil, whereas victory produces joy. So if they’re able to best us on occasion, we, in turn, can pay them back.

The highest peak on the Holy Mountain is that of Athos, which is why the whole of the peninsula is named after it. The whole peninsula is full of monasteries and sketes. It’s dedicated to God and, in particular, to His Most Holy Birth-Giver, which is why it is also known as the Bower of Our Most Holy Lady. According to one tradition, the Mother of God herself picked out this location. Monasticism on the Holy Mountain goes back very many years and is the offshoot of the ancient monastic centers of Egypt and Palestine. Many great monks have lived the ascetic life on the Holy Mountain, among them Saint Petros the Athonite and others. Outstanding among the great Athonite fathers ...

  New York, NY – Today, July 6, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America reiterated his support of the...

New York, June 30, 2020—The Hellenic Film Society USA (HFS) announced the first-ever virtual Greek film festival in the US,...

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America announces a new website offering critical resources for «virtual» Summer Camp and Vacation Church...

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  The Church today venerates the memory of Sisoes the Great. This saint, great and renowned among the ascetics of...

  The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, on Monday also commented on the spectre of a...

  Thousands of Christians continue to abandon their homes in northern Iraq in the wake of air strikes by Turkey’s...

  The Patriarch of Serbia, His Holiness Irinej, in a homily after the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Russian...

  A memorandum of cooperation to draft a study for the preservation and promotion of the Holy Monastery of the...

At the same time, the current High Representative of the European Union and Commission vice-president, Josep Borrell, commenced an official...

  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, over the weekend again expressed a wish that the...

nation that is faithful to God and its fatherland will be miraculously blessed by God, His Eminence Metropolitan Daniel of...

“The Ecumenical Patriarchate has always been concerned to serve all Orthodox without distinction of nationality or ethnic origin,” writes Patriarch...

I am deeply concerned over the calls of certain Turkish politicians to reconsider the museum status of Hagia Sophia, one...

When you want to make a start on a good task, first prepare yourself against the temptations that’ll face you. Because when the enemy sees people starting something good, in fervent faith, it’s one of his habits to confound them with a variety of terrible temptations, in order to frighten them and separate them from their good intentions.