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The Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church has approved of an initiative to boost the Church’s presence and outreach...
The Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, His Holiness Kirill, has bestowed the Russian Church’s highest distinction to Russian Foreign...
The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, His Beatitude Ieronymos, on Thursday received the dean of the University of Athens’...
The Archbishop of America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, on Thursday met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State...
The memory of the Panaghia Pantanassa was celebrated on Thursday with venerable Mount Athos liturgical order at the St. Nicholas...
The Church today venerates the memory of Silouan of Athos, one of the most important figures of contemporary Orthodox monasticism....
Hollywood legend Mickey Rourke recently sat down for an interview with the Orthodoxia News Agency to discuss his role in...
From the academic year 2020-2021, Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary has successfully participated in the Erasmus+ programme. By the blessing...
Balamand, September 23, 2020. His Beatitude Patriarch John X, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, received Albanian Minister of...
The Moscow Patriarchate welcomes the choice of French actor Gerard Depardieu, who adopted Orthodoxy at a Russian church in Paris....
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to bestow the Order for Merit to the Fatherland, 1st Degree upon...
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church noted his adherence to principles, intelligence and charm Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and...
Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me. May you be the food and drink for my soul.
The annual feast of the Beheading of the Forerunner and Baptist of the Lord John – our 71st parish...
Father Peter and his wife Presbytera Paula Giannakopoulos and their two children, Simela and Constantine, arrived at St. George on...
On Saturday, September 26, His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas will preside over Matins and celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Church...
A historic 215,000-square foot wooden building on the island of Prinkipos (Büyükada in Turkish) off the coast of Istanbul has...
Our Church commemorates on the 24th of September a prominent saint, one of the great women of the Apostolic age, St. Thekla, the great Champion of the Faith. She was born in Iconium (today’s Konya) around the year 28 AD, to a pagan family. The Saint was 18 years old when Sts. Paul and Barnabas arrived at Iconium, in the fall of 46 AD (after having been persecuted in Antioch). Her gentle soul was dissatisfied with idol worship, and yearned for something deeper, which she found in the teachings of the Apostle Paul. St. Paul fervently preached the Gospel of Christ, first to the Jews at the synagogue in Iconium. However, the fanatical Jews forbade him from preaching there, and ...
Question: If Christ has come and has made us a new creation, why is the law of sin still so active in us? Archim. Zacharias: Christ has not come to abolish the freedom of man. Man is still free to accept or not to accept Him. Christ came and brought salvation to all, He showed the way and His love to the end through His prayer in Gethsemane for the salvation of all, in the hope that His sacrifice will bring all to a sense of honour, so that all may be drawn to Him. He does not force anybody to come to Him, He only attracts. We must remember that the freedom of man is his tragedy. God took a ...
