Father Constantin Necula expressed concern about drug use among young people in Romania. “Everyone looks only at the physical consequences, massive accidents, loss of consciousness, falls. People, a whole generation is losing its meaning!” emphasised the priest. “It’s the worst thing Romania is now subjected to. And I see nothing to support a meaningful re-branding…

Presvytera Nikki Stephanopoulos, passed away at her home in Beachwood, Ohio on September 29, 2023 at the age of 90. Her husband, the Rev. Dr. Robert G. Stephanopoulos was by her side. Born in Minnesota, Presbytera Nikki was a public relations dynamo and a mentor to many women, and men, who served the Church alongside…

Your Grace, Bishop Andonios Beloved Clergy, Beloved Christians of Danbury, This evening, in this magnificent Temple dedicated to the Assumption of our Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary, we embark upon this journey of the Consecration of this place to the everlasting worship of our Holy Triune God. Tonight, with the ancient rites of our Holy…

The Divine Liturgy was celebrated, after about 40 years, in the Holy Church of the Holy Forerunner and John the Baptist, in the second largest city of the State of Eritrea, in Keren. According to the old calendar followed by the country of Eritrea, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross was celebrated…

The Cretan Association of Sydney and New South Wales, in collaboration with the Cretan Federation of Australia & New Zealand and the World Council of Cretans, hosted a dinner in honour of the Cretan Hierarchs, who honoured the 12th Clergy-Laity Congress of the Holy Archdiocese of Australia with their presence. It was a night full…

In a message for the new academic year 2023-24, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has urged students to pay more attention to older generations and be inspired by their “wisdom, patience and prayerful power.” The Patriarch of Romania suggested closer cooperation between the Church and universities to help “today’s young people cultivate with trust and love…

Two American youths aged 25 and 26, Alexander Thomas Uman and Anna Josephine Gallegos came from America to have their wedding ceremony in the Orthodox Metropolis of Korea. The Sacrament of their Marriage was performed on Sunday, September 24, 2023, following the Divine Liturgy and the Sunday Agape Meal in the cathedral church of St….

On the evening of Tuesday, September 27, the Archdiocesan District Council, led by His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, met for the first meeting of the New Ecclesiastical year. In addition to several agenda items, His Eminence thanked the outgoing Vice Chair of the Archdiocesan District Council, Archon Lazaros Hatzoglou, for his five years of…

On Saturday, September 9th, 2023, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Macon, Georgia hosted their 2nd Annual Pan-Orthodox Cross Dive in honor of the Feast of the Elevation of the Holy Cross and in celebration of their parish’s Name Day. Fr. Theodore Ehmer and the Holy Cross community welcomed Metropolitan ALEXIOS of Atlanta, Fr. Christos…