His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed the Presidential Guard of Greece (Evzones) to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine for a Doxology commemorating 205 years since Greece’s Declaration of Independence. The Evzones […] The post Greek Americans raise flags at Bowling Green ahead of Independence Day parade appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
NEW YORK — His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America welcomed dignitaries—church leaders, government officials, regional representatives and members of the Hellenic Armed Forces—to the headquarters of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America on Thursday, as […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros receives Greek Independence Day guests at the Archdiocese ahead of Fifth Avenue Parade appeared first […]
NEW YORK – On the occasion of the feast of the Holy Great Martyr George the Trophy-Bearer, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a letter to His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, conveying Paschal greetings […] The post Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sends Feast Day letter to Archbishop Elpidophoros appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
April 22 is Earth Day, a global observance of the need to care for the natural environment that has been a centerpiece of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s long and fruitful diakonia to the Church […] The post ‘Every day is Earth Day,’ says Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
In her recent op-ed for the Orthodox Observer, “The Holy Land is beyond AI,” Christina Moniodis closes with the observation that sacred sites “endure,” because people are “seeking a lived encounter.” It’s an astute one, […] The post Opinion | Response to ‘The Holy Land is beyond AI’ appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
The feast today in honour of the holy Apostle John commemorates the miracle taking place each year in Ephesus, in which a certain dust or powder, called manna, suddenly poured forth from his tomb and was used by the faithful for deliverance from maladies of both soul and body. For an account of his life, […]
Saint Arsenios was a deacon of the Church of Rome, born of an illustrious family, and wondrous in virtue. In the days of Saint Theodosius the Great, he was chosen to be the tutor of the Emperor's young sons, Arcadius and Honorius. While living at the imperial palace in Constantinople, compassed with all luxury and […]
On this day in the year 351, not long after Cyril had succeeded Maximus as Archbishop of Jerusalem, during the reign of Constantius, the son of Saint Constantine the Great, on the day of Pentecost, the sign of the Cross appeared over Jerusalem. Saint Cyril, in his letter to the Emperor Constantius, says, "At about […]
After the Saviour had miraculously healed the paralytic, the Jews, especially the Pharisees and Scribes, were moved with envy and persecuted Him, and sought to slay Him, using the excuse that He did not keep the Sabbath, since He worked miracles on that day. Jesus then departed to Galilee. About the middle of the Feast […]
Saint Irene was the daughter of a princelet called Licinius; named Penelope by her parents, through a divine revelation she was brought to faith in Christ and at Baptism was renamed Irene. In her zeal for piety she broke in pieces all the idols of her father, who commanded that she be trampled underfoot by […]
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