When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule from a pivotal period in the Mediterranean world following the death of Alexander the Great. But determining the date of the Kyrenia shipwreck with any sort of…

Newly-elected Patriarch Daniel of Bulgaria delivered an inspiring speech during his enthronement ceremony held yesterday at St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The new Patriarch began, “Today, the holy Orthodox Church in its fullness celebrates the memory of all the saints and especially the Synaxis of the twelve glorious and all-praiseworthy apostles. It is a great and…

On All Saints’ Sunday, and the day of the great feast of the Synaxis of the Twelve Apostles, 30 June 2024, the Enthronement Ceremony of the new Metropolitan Nicodemus of Nigeria, took place at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Lagos. The Hierarchical Concelebration was led by the Patriarch’s representative, His Eminence Metropolitan…

The Holy Archdiocese of Australia announces the decision of the Tripartite Misdemeanour Court of Kavala, dated 18 June 2024, which sentenced Ms Vasiliki Morali to eleven (11) months imprisonment with a three-year suspension due to her criminal activities involving repeated defamatory slander and insult through the internet. This decision, as a first-degree jurisdiction of the…

The first full session day of the 47th Clergy-Laity Congress was packed with opportunities— often running concurrently—to engage more with the people and the ideas behind the Archdiocese’s ministries. During these committee meetings, department directors reviewed their progress since the last Congress in 2022 and engaged in discussion with attendees about the strengths, challenges, and…

July 1, 2024, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended the meeting of the National Sisterhood of Presvyteres for this 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress. His Eminence offered memorial prayers for all the presvyteres who fell asleep in the Lord since the last Clergy-Laity Congress. Sister Presvyteres Who Fell Asleep in the Lord July 2022 — June…

July 1, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America launched its new Parish Planned Giving Initiative at the 2024 Clergy-Laity Congress. The GOARCH Department of Stewardship, Outreach and Evangelism’s Director of Parish Planned Giving, Melpomeni “Melpo” Murdakes, emphasized that the new initiative has the full support of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America in his concern…

Sunday, June 17/30, 2024, was celebrated by the Patriarchate as All Saints’ Sunday, following the book of Pentecost. This feast was celebrated in the All Saints chapel, inside the Holy Church of the Holy Monastery of Panagia Sayda Naya. This feast was celebrated in commemoration of those holy figures who have pleased God through the…

On Saturday, June 16th / 29th, H.H.B. received: His Eminence the Archbishop Makarios of Qatar for matters of the Holy Archdiocese of Qatar. A forty-member group of young and old people of different specialities and different Christian organizations of the Bible competition group, being examined in Biblical writings and receiving awards of distinction. His Beatitude…