It is announced that, following the falling of its ever-memorable Abbot, Elder Joseph, the brotherhood of the Holy Monastery of Saint Nektarios in Roscoe, New York, convened on Friday, June 5, 2026, in the monastery’s […] The post Communiqué of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, 8 June 2026 appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
All Saints Monastery in Calverton located on the eastern of on Long Island, New York, welcomed His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on the Sunday of All Saints, observed on the first Sunday after the […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros visits All Saints Monastery on Long Island appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
On Friday, June 5, the newly-elected Executive Officers of the Direct Archdiocesan District Clergy Syndesmos were blessed to visit His Eminence at the Archdiocese Headquarters to receive his paternal blessing and encouragement as they begin […] The post Newly-elected Archdiocesan District Clergy Syndesmos executive officers visit Archdiocese. appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
For more than a year and a half, Bassam (not his real name), a father of seven, has struggled to keep his family safe amid ongoing conflict in Gaza. A day laborer, he now lives […] The post IOCC provides relief for a Gazan family with disabilities appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America announces the assignment of Reverend Presbyter Neofitos Sarigiannis to Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Church in Albany, New York, effective July 1, 2026 as he joins the parish family in […] The post Fr. Neofitos Sarigiannis assigned to St. Sophia Church in Albany, NY appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
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 […]
The names of the Twelve Apostles are these: Simon, who was called Peter, and his brother Andrew, the First-called; James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, who was also the Evangelist and Theologian; Philip, and Bartholomew (see also June 11); Thomas, and Matthew the publican, who was also called Levi and was an […]
The divinely-blessed Peter was from Bethsaida of Galilee. He was the son of Jonas and the brother of Andrew the First-called. He was a fisherman by trade, unlearned and poor, and was called Simon; later he was renamed Peter by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, Who looked at him and said, "Thou art Simon the […]
These Saints lived during the years of Diocletian. Saint Cyrus was from Alexandria, and Saint John was from Edessa of Mesopotamia. Because of the persecution of that time, Cyrus fled to the Gulf of Arabia, where there was a small community of monks. John, who was a soldier, heard of Cyrus' fame and came to […]
Saint David, who was from Thessalonica, lived a most holy and ascetical life. For some years, he took up his dwelling in the branches of an almond tree, exposed to all the elements and extremes of the weather. He reposed in peace during the reign of Saint Justinian the Great, in the sixth century. Reading […]
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