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All the inspiration to attain the Kingdom of Heaven comes from the awareness of our spiritual poverty, which helps us humble our spirit and depend our life on Him Who is able to save us. In the crisis we are now going through, we perceive the fragility and vanity of this life, which the wise Solomon expressed with lofty words (Eccles. 1:2). This very important awareness will enable us to take the right step and seek for the indestructible life (Heb. 7:15) for which we are destined. This pandemic is a challenge for us and we all suffer, but if we examine our tradition, we will find answers that will give us the strength and inspiration not only to go ...

Those who endure patiently the sorrows, the persecutions and the temptations of this life, with the aim of pleasing God, invest in the benefits of heaven and in boundless joy. And with the death of the body they gain eternal and immortal life with our Immortal and Eternal God. Saint Symeon the New Theologian

Today the Bulgarian Orthodox church celebrates the Conception of the Most Holy Theotokos by Saint Anna, who is patron saint...

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The new leader of the Turkish Cypriot community on the divided island republic this week continued his verbal provocations, taking...

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, this week received the new German ambassador to Turkey, Jürgen...

A ceremony dedicating the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in the Ibrahimiyyah district of Alexandria has been cancelled. The ceremony was...

The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church was convened online on Tuesday, chaired by the Patriarch of Moscow and...

The first part of an online Synaxis, or assembly, with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and...

The second annual international conference on religious diplomacy, entitled “Religions and Challenges for the New Decade”, commenced on Wednesday, with...

The Church today commemorates the Conception, by St. Anna, of the Most Holy Theotokos, the Virgin Mary. Πηγή: www.orthodoxianewsagency.gr

The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, spoke by phone on Tuesday evening with Greek Prime Minister...

On Tuesday, December 7, 2020, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarch, received...

  The year behind us was remarkable in so many ways, and, much the same, this year’s celebration of our...

Thanks to the kindness of parishioners from two Orthodox parishes in the town of Avrig in Sibiu County, Romania, more...

The Polish Orthodox Church issued a statement yesterday on the “Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against...

The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada celebrated with great joy the feast of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, one of the most beloved saints of the Church. His Eminence Archbishop Sotirios presided over both Great Vespers (photo gallery) and the Divine Liturgy (photo gallery) at the celebrating community of St. Nicholas in Toronto, Ontario. On Saturday evening, His Eminence was joined by His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Patara, who is the Dean of the Patriarchal Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy; they were assisted by the V. Rev. Fr. Ignatios Delis. Despite the pandemic restrictions that limits attendance to only 10 people inside each church, both holy services were conducted as in previous years to rightly honour St. Nicholas. His icon and a piece of his ...

UN Secretary-General’s Message for 2020 Genocide is the most heinous of crimes, encompassing all it touches in a tsunami of...

On October 29, 2020, Mr. Irakli Savas delivered to HCHC, through President George M. Cantonis, the sum of $300,000 for...

In the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago the Right Reverend Timothy Bakakos, Chancellor of the Metropolis of Chicago, was ordained...