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...
The Israeli town of Nazareth is often called “The Flower of the Galilee”, and also the town of the Annunciation...
Archbishop Stylianos of Australia died on 25 March, 2019, after a long battle with cancer. News of his death saddened...
The Belarusian Orthodox Church does not intend to prohibit religious processions and other festivities due to the spread of coronavirus,...
The path of our life here on earth is deceptive and misleading. To those taking their first steps, it seems endless and full of activity. To those who’ve reached the end, it seems very short and full of hollow dreams. » Venerable Païsios the Athonite
The 3rd Sunday is also known as the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross, and according to the Calendar of Feasts (Synaxari): on that day, the third Sunday of Lent, we celebrate the veneration of the of the precious and life-giving cross. The Sunday was given this name- the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross- because on that day the Precious Cross is in the forefront of worship and is placed in the center of churches for the faithful to venerate, in order to strengthen them in the continuation of the fast and in the struggle to defeat the passions, as the note to the feast in the Synaxari says: ‘by its power, Christ our God, protect us ...
Gero-Arsenios was always agreeable and gave out blessings very easily. One time, however, he strangely became so strict and unyielding that he upset one of the fathers. Afterwards, when he was asked why he had been so harsh with him, he answered: “Yesterday Geronda came and told me: Be careful, Arsenios; don’t take the responsibility for other people’s burdens. Father so-and-so will come tomorrow. Don’t give him a blessing for what he wants.’” Even though it was a dream, Gero-Arsenios still had the experience and the grace to realize which dreams were from God, which were natural, and which were from the demons. Another time, when Gero-Arsenios woke up at night, he saw Geronda as if he was alive. Geronda embraced ...
The Greek Church leadership requested an exemption from coronavirus curfew measures in a letter to Education & Religion Ministry officials...
In fact, what is normal in a world in which one flies East, another flies West and another flies...
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The Autocephalous Church of Greece’s Metropolitan of Nea Ionia and Philadelphia, His Eminence Gabriel, spoke this week to the...
The Russian Orthodox Church has left open the possibility of enacting even stricter measures for its places of worship...
The Patriarch of All Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, on Wednesday reminded in his sermon, on the occasion of the...
Greece celebrated a double holiday yesterday, as March 25 commemorates the Feast of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, and...
The Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem remains closed as of yesterday, affected by even stricter measures taken...
A feature is posted today on the Orthodoxia news agency showcasing the Holy Monastery of Panaghia Proussiotissa, a renowned...
