On Thursday, February 5, A. Fantis School celebrated the International Day of the Greek Language, an annual observance on February 9th that was recently proclaimed by UNESCO, honoring the Greek language’s enduring legacy and global […] The post A. Fantis School celebrates International Day of the Greek Language appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
The 35th Annual Leadership 100 Conference, which took place on February 5-8, 2026, at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona, ended three days of momentous actions. Foremost was the transition […] The post L100 inducts new chairman, approves $6.5 million in grants appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
February 9 marks International Greek Language Day—On November 12, 2025, UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference, meeting in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, unanimously ratified February 9 as World Greek Language Day, giving international recognition to Greek’s unparalleled continuity and […] The post Today is International Greek Language Day appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Addressing the Leadership 100 Conference in Phoenix, the Archbishop outlined two transformative goals and spoke forcefully against far-right extremism in Orthodox Christianity His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America laid out a sweeping vision for the […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros unveils bold vision: a Greek university and a new cathedral for GOA appeared first on […]
The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America is pleased to announce that His Beatitude Archbishop Ioan of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania will be visiting the United States of America. At the invitation of His Eminence […] The post His Beatitude Archbishop Ioan of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania to visit United States of America appeared […]
Venerable Gerasimos lived during the reign of king Constantine Pogonatos in 670, as Sophronios of Jerusalem, who wrote his life, attests. He had fear of God since childhood and, after he became a monk, he went to the deepest parts of the desert of Thebais. He reached such a height of virtue and was graced […]
In Orthodox Christian countries, individuals traditionally celebrate their nameday instead of their birthday. Since Orthodox Christians are usually named after a saint or feast day of the Church, all those having the same name celebrate together on that saint's feast or the particular feast of the Church.All those named after Our Holy Father Nicholas Planas […]
This Saint, who was from Heliopolis of Phoenicia (Baalbek in present-day Lebanon), was an idolater and led a licentious life. Being beautiful beyond telling, she had many lovers, and had acquired great riches. Yet brought to repentance by a monk named Germanus, and baptized by Bishop Theodotus, she distributed to the poor all her ill-gotten […]
The foregoing two parables -- especially that of the Prodigal Son -- have presented to us God's extreme goodness and love for man. But lest certain persons, putting their confidence in this alone, live carelessly, squandering upon sin the time given them to work out their salvation, and death suddenly snatch them away, the most […]
Saint Photini was the Samaritan Woman who encountered Christ our Saviour at Jacob's Well (John 4:1-42). Afterwards she laboured in the spread of the Gospel in various places, and finally received the crown of martyrdom in Rome with her two sons and five sisters, during the persecutions under the Emperor Nero. Reading copyright Holy Transfiguration […]
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