On Sunday, March 25 / April 7, 2024, the feast of the Annunciation of Our Lady the Theotokos was celebrated in Nazareth. On this feast, the whole Church, especially that in Jerusalem, commemorates the fact that the fullness of time has come, God through the Archangel Gabriel announced to the Virgin Mary in the city…

On Sunday, March 25 / April 7, 2024, the feast of the Adoration of the Holy Cross and the Annunciation of the Theotokos was celebrated by the Patriarchate in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In the context of movable feasts, the Feast of the Cross was celebrated as a veneration of the Holy Cross…

On Monday, April 1, 2024, Metropolitan Ambrosios of Korea and Exarch of Japan, accompanied by Fr. Antonios Lim and theologian Eleni Cho, visited Ansan City, upon invitation, to meet with representatives of the student’s parents at the “4/16 Sewol Families for Truth and A Safer Society” office, who drowned on April 16, 2014, in the…

On Sunday, during the Divine Liturgy at the “Holy Cross and Saints Joachim and Anne” Parish in Aberdeen, Scotland, Bishop Ignatie of the Husi explained that the only way to observe the love of the Saviour, “who loves us even when we do not deserve it,” is through the affection of a mother. His Grace…

The historic pilgrimage with the relics of Saint Demetrius the New continued on Sunday in Bucharest’s Sector 2. On this occasion, his venerable relics arrived at “St. Nectarios” Palliative Care Centre, a medical unit operating within Bucuria Ajutorului Foundation of the Archdiocese of Bucharest. Since its founding in 2012, the “Saint Nectarios” Centre has provided…

he Great Feast Day of the Annunciation of the Theotokos was celebrated according to the old calendar on Mount Athos. On this day, the Holy Royal, Patriarchal and Stavropegic Monastery of Vatopedi, whose Katholicon is dedicated to the event of the Annunciation of the Theotokos, also celebrated this feast day. His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of…

On the Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross, 7th April 2024, His Grace Bishop Iakovos of Claudiopolis celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Archangel Michael in Golders Green, London. His Grace conveyed His Eminence Archbishop Nikitas’s paternal wishes and blessings, as we continue our lenten journey towards…

CHICAGO, IL—Greektown in Chicago was a wave of blue and white as Greek-Americans, Chicagoans, and spectators from near and far attended the Greek Heritage Parade to commemorate Greek Independence. Presented by The Federation of Hellenic-American Organizations (ENOSIS) and sponsored by Greektown Special Service Area #16, the Greek Heritage Parade has been established as one of…

With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, His Grace Bishop Athenagoras of Nazaianzos presided over Contrition Vespers on Sunday evening, April 7, 2024. The service was held at the Saint Demetrios Church in Merrick, NY. The Rev. Protopresbyter Elias Villis, Chancellor of the Archdiocese District and the Rev. Protopresbyter Nikiforos Fakinos, Proistamenos…