On the afternoon of Friday, March 20, 2026, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America received at the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America His Excellency Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia, offering his warm congratulations […] The post His Excellency Archbishop Gabriele G. Caccia visits Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK—Wednesday, March 18, 2026, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America UN Girl Delegates attended “Strengthening Access to Justice for Women and Girls: The Role of States, Courts, Communities, and Intergenerational Leadership” an […] The post GOARCH Girl Delegates champion women’s access to justice at the United Nations appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Cleveland, OH — With the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America – Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries (Y2AM), in collaboration with the Greek Orthodox Metropolis […] The post Young Adults Invited to ‘Claim Their Calling’ at the 2026 National YAL Conference appeared first on Orthodox […]
Before the civil war in Syria began in 2011, there were about 2.5 million Christians in Syria, including around a million Greek Orthodox believers. Today, estimates of the Christian population range from 500,000 to a […] The post Archons | Syria’s Christian population faces an 80 percent decline appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of the Georgian Orthodox Church, among the most monumental figures in Georgia’s modern history, died Tuesday at the age of 93. His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, in a telegram […] The post Patriarch Ilia II, who led Georgian Church from Soviet repression to national enshrinement, dies at 93 appeared […]
The holy Passion of our Saviour begins today, presenting Joseph the all-comely as a prefiguring of Christ. He was the eleventh son of Jacob, and his first son by Rachel; because he was so beloved of his father, his own brethren came to envy him and cast him into a pit. Later they sold him […]
On Sunday, five days before the Passover of the Law, the Lord came from Bethany to Jerusalem. Sending two of His disciples to bring Him a foal of an ass, He sat thereon and entered into the city. When the multitude there heard that Jesus was coming, they straightway took up the branches of palm […]
Lazarus and his sisters Martha and Mary, the friends of the Lord Jesus, had given Him hospitality and served Him many times (Luke 10:38-4z; John 12:2-3). They were from Bethany, a village of Judea. This village is situated in the eastern parts by the foothills of the Mount of Olives, about two Roman miles from […]
The memory of this Saint is celebrated on April 1, where her life is recorded. Since the end of the holy Forty Days is drawing nigh, it has been appointed for this day also, so that if we think it hard to practice a little abstinence forty days, we might be roused by the heroism […]
About the year 626, the Persians, Avars, and Slavs came with a great host and besieged the imperial city of Constantinople while the Emperor Heraclius and the main body of the Byzantine army were absent in the East. Enemy ships filled the sea, especially the Golden Horn, and on land the adversaries were ready for […]
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