Today, June, 11, the newly-elected Abbot of the Holy Monastery of Saint Nektarios in Roscoe, New York, the Reverend Hieromonk Stephanos, visited the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America in New York in […] The post Newly-elected abbot of the Monastery of St. Nektarios visits Archbishop Elpidophoros appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Under breathtaking iconography depicting the Holy Resurrection, the Romanos the Melodist Chanters’ Society of Greater New York captivated hierarchs, clergy, parishioners, and guests with hymns and Constantinopolitan folk songs in honor of His All Holiness […] The post Romanos the Melodist society concert marks Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s name-day appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will travel to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Northridge, California to attend the National Oratorical Festival Finals. The event will be held on Saturday, June 13. On Sunday, […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros’s schedule | June 13–19, 2026 appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
On Tuesday, June 9, more than 750 clergy and faithful from throughout the Direct Archdiocesan District gathered at VIP Country Club in New Rochelle, New York, for the Annual Servant Leadership Awards Banquet. The faithful […] The post Archdiocesan District celebrates Annual Servant Leadership Awards Banquet appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
New York, New York—I am a product of prison ministry. I often try to distance myself from my past; however, I do not want to be like the healed leper who, after he is healed, […] The post From wanted to prison ministry: Amanda’s testimony 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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