On Saturday, March 15/28, 2020, the Patriarchate celebrated in transference the Name Day of H.H.B. the Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos...
Regarding the latest recommendations of the Government of Serbia, in order to suppress the spread of the COVID-19 virus, «religious...
On March 28, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America held a Virtual Town Hall with the Metropolitans of the...
If you gloat, you’re happy to see other people suffer. Those who do so are happy to see an enemy die, forgetting that death comes to all of us. They’re malicious, they scowl, they have a cunning look about them. Their lips are tight and their mouths are full of bitterness. They’re happier with battles than with peace. Their way of life’s warped and they’re on the wrong track. » Saint Nectarios of Pentapolis
The incident mentioned in today’s Gospel reading (Mark 9, 17-31) is placed immediately after the Lord’s descent from the mountain on which He was transfigured before three of His disciples. After the glory of the transfiguration, Christ encounters human wretchedness in all its tragic woe: a suffering father begs Jesus to heal his sick child, whom the other disciples, that is the nine, had previously been unable to cure. So, Christ was faced, on the one hand, with suffering and bruised humanity, and, on the other, his surrogates, who were unable to help. And, as if this weren’t enough, He also saw the scribes, that is the theologians of Judaism, talking to His disciples and doubtless trying to shake their ...
A (telephone) conversation with Metropolitan of Pergamon John Zizioulas (March 23, 2020) We wish to hear your views on...
Jerusalem 28-3-2020 Following the noble initiative of His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan, Hashemite Custodian of the Islamic and...
Romania’s National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr Matei Balș” thanked all those who have shown their willingness to support...
I. Introduction It is time to serve the Lord §1 The Orthodox Church understands the human person as having been...
Why do we need to pray? For this, we need to understand that the first thing we need is the...
There’s nothing worse than Christians who don’t save other people. Don’t cry poverty, because you’ll be condemned by the widow who put in her two mites. Don’t claim that you come from a humble background, because the Apostles were insignificant and then became important. Don’t go on about your illiteracy, because they were also illiterate. Even if you’re a slave, if you’re a fugitive, you can do your duty, because Onisimos was one such. Yet, look at how Saint Paul calls him and advances him to high office ‘so that he might serve me in these chains’. And don’t claim that you’re ill, because Timothy also suffered from ‘frequent illnesses’. Don’t you see the barren trees, how strong and lovely they are, ...
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In another corner of the world, the Archbishop of Australia, His Eminence Makarios, issued a new encyclical to the Archdiocese’s...
Greece’s deputy citizens’ protection minister, Lefteris Economou, spoke by Skype with the Orthodoxia News Agency this week, answering questions on...
Monasteries on the semi-autonomous community of Mt Athos continue to hold litanies and vigils for deliverance from the coronavirus pandemic....
Orthodox churches around the world would have been filled today with worshippers for the fourth consecutive Friday service of the...
The Church today venerates the memory of Matrona of Thessalonica, who received the crown of her confession and martyrdom in...
The Orthodox Archdiocese of Târgoviște Thursday announced that it has purchased a vital sign measuring device that will be donated...
The latest issue of the College’s academic journal, Phronema 35:1 (2020), is dedicated to the blessed memory of Archbishop Stylianos (Harkianakis) of...
On Sunday, March 22, 2020 the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago made the following statement: As cases of COVID-19 continue...
