What we are seeing from those monasteries that support virtually anything coming out of Moscow and turn their backs on His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is not particularly difficult to explain. They claim that their […] The post Opinion | A Stab in the Back of the Patriarchate of Constantinople appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Following a full and fair investigation conducted pursuant to the Archdiocese’s Clergy Misconduct Policy concerning allegations involving V. Rev. Fr. Chrysostomos Gilbert, and after consideration of Fr. Chrysostomos’ testimony, together with the findings of the […] The post Archdiocese statement on V. Rev. Fr. Chrysostomos Gilbert appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
The reason for reaching out to Christians of other faith traditions and seeking the unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ may seem obvious; after all, the Lord Himself prayed “that they may […] The post Why seek unity among Christians? Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew explains appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
It is announced that, following the falling asleep 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 […] 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.
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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