Metropolitan Theoleptos of Ikonion, Hypertimos and Exarch of all Lycaonia, fell asleep in the Lord suddenly on Thursday, June 18, 2026, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced. He was 69. The announcement, issued by the Chief Secretariat […] The post Metropolitan Theoleptos of Ikonion Falls Asleep in the Lord appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Today, in recognition of Juneteenth, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America issued the following message via his social media accounts: “Today we observe Juneteenth, the day that marks the emancipation of the last enslaved African […] The post ‘Faith without justice is a contradiction,’ Archbishop Elpidophoros says appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Yankee Stadium was filled with an unmistakable sense of Greek pride as members of the Greek Orthodox community and friends of Hellenism gathered to celebrate Greek Jersey Night on Thursday, June 18. The iconic ballpark […] The post Greek Americans fill Yankee Stadium for Greek Jersey Night appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
ALBANY, NY – More than 450 parishioners, friends, clergy, and community leaders from near and far gathered on June 7 at St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany to celebrate the ministry of Rev. Fr. […] The post Albany parish celebrates Fr. Patric Legato’s 37 years of faithful ministry appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
In a powerful display of patriotism, gratitude, and community service, Day of Gratitude II brought together thousands of Americans at Allegiant Stadium on June 6, 2026—D-Day—to honor veterans, military families, first responders, and the heroes […] The post Day of Gratitude II honors America’s veterans, military families, and first responders appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
This Saint, great and renowned among the ascetics of Egypt, lived in the fourth century in Scete of Nitria. After the death of Saint Anthony the Great, he left Scete to live in Saint Anthony's cave; he said of this, "Thus in the cave of a lion, a fox makes his dwelling." When Sisoes was […]
Saint Athanasios had Trebizond for his homeland. He first entered the monastic life on the mountain called Kymaeos or Kyminas, which is in Mysia of Bithynia, then he went to Mount Athos and founded a large monastery, which is known as the Great Lavra. He became so renowned for his virtue that from Rome, Calabria, […]
Tsar Nicholas II was the son of Alexander III, who had reposed in the arms of Saint John of Kronstadt. Having been raised in piety, Tsar Nicholas ever sought to rule in a spirit consonant with the precepts of Orthodoxy and the best traditions of his nation. Tsaritsa Alexandra, a grand-daughter of Queen Victoria of […]
The Holy Hierarch John Maximovitch was born in the Kharkov region in 1896, and reposed in San Francisco in 1966. In 1921, during the Russian Civil War, his family fled to Belgrade, joining the ranks of Russian exiles in Serbia, where he later became a monk and was ordained priest. In 1934 he was made […]
These Saints, who are different from those that are celebrated on the 1st of November, were from Rome. They were physicians, freely bestowing healing upon beasts and men, asking nothing from the healed other than that they confess and believe in Christ. They ended their life in martyrdom in the year 284, under the Emperors […]
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