This morning, New York City’s Commission of Religious Leaders (CORL) issued a statement condemning the May 19 shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America is a cosignatory, alongside […] The post Archbishop Elpidophoros joins fellow members of the Commission of Religious Leaders in condemning San Diego anti-Muslim violence […]
The National YAL Conference Committee is excited to announce the creation of the History of YAL Yearbook for this year’s National YAL Conference which will take place July 1-5, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. This yearbook […] The post National YAL collects memories through History of YAL Yearbook project appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
On Wednesday, May 20, the Apodosis of Pascha, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received in formal audience His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, together with the rising seniors of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of […] The post Phanar receives Archbishop Elpidophoros, HCHC seminarians appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
This week, on May 16, the Department of Communications and Orthodox Observer’s Ben Malian graduated with highest distinction from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology’s Master of Theological Studies program. At Holy Cross, Ben’s […] The post The Observer offers congratulations to Ben Malian, staff writer appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
Every child should be able to learn, but almost all schools in Gaza have either been damaged by the conflict or are being used as shelters for families who have lost their homes. A whole […] The post Letting children be children: IOCC in Gaza appeared first on Orthodox Observer.
As for Saint Methodios, he was born to wealthy parents in Syracuse of Sicily about the end of the eighth century. Being a presbyter, he was sent as an ambassador to Rome in 815 or 816 on behalf of Patriarch Nicephorus of Constantinople, who had been exiled by Leo the Armenian (see June 2). After […]
Saint Peter was born of noble parents in Constantinople in the ninth century. Sent forth with the Roman army against the Saracens, he was taken captive and shut up in the prison of Samarra in Syria; this is no doubt the same prison in which the Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion were kept (see Mar. 6). […]
The Synaxis of the Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated today for the following reason: In 980, during the reign of Emperor Basil II, when Nicholas Chrysoberges was Ecumenical Patriarch, the holy Archangel Gabriel appeared in the guise of a monk to the disciple of a certain elder living in a hermitage belonging […]
Saint Bartholomew was one of the Twelve Apostles, and had Galilee as his homeland; this is all that is known of him for certain according to the history of the Gospels. Concerning his apostolic work, certain say that he preached in Arabia and Persia, and especially in India, bringing to them the Gospel written by […]
Honouring the friends of God with much reverence, the Prophet-King David says, "But to me, exceedingly honourable are Thy friends, O Lord" (Ps. 138:16). And the divine Apostle, recounting the achievements of the Saints, and setting forth their memorial as an example that we might turn away from earthly things and from sin, and emulate […]
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