It is with profound joy and great hope that I stand before you today to present a vision—one that transcends stone and mortar, reaching into the very soul of our Orthodox faith.
Yesterday, February 20, 2025, the 34th Annual Leadership 100 Conference continued in Orlando, Florida. At the day's opening breakfast, attendees were shown the Orthodox Observer's exclusive tour of Halki's Monastery of the Holy Trinity, produced thanks to the generous support of an L100 grant.
Yesterday, Wednesday, February 19, 2025, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America attended the Executive and Board of Trustees meetings at the 34th Annual Leadership 100 Conference which is currently taking place in Orlando, Florida.
Holy Cross Orthodox Press and Holy Cross Bookstore are sponsoring a book launch for the six-volume English translation, Answers to Liturgical Questions by Iōannēs Phountoulēs, at the Maliotis Cultural Center on the campus of Hellenic College/Holy Cross on February 21 at 2:30 pm.
Hellenic College and Boston College’s Woods College of Advancing Studies announce a partnership that provides Hellenic College students with access to new academic opportunities while allowing them to remain rooted in the vibrant Orthodox Christian community on the Hellenic College campus.
Saint Alexios was born in old Rome of illustrious parents named Euphemianus and Aglais, and at their request was joined to a young woman in marriage. However, he did not remain with her even for one day, but fled to Edessa, where he lived for eighteen years. He returned to Rome in the guise of […]
Saint Christodoulos, who was from the region of Nicaea of Bithynia, was the son of Theodore and Anna, and was given the name John. He assumed the monastic habit in his youth and was renamed Christodoulos ("slave of Christ" in Greek). At first, he lived the ascetical life in various places, then he received permission […]
This Saint, whose name means "blessed," was born in 480 in Nursia, a small town about seventy miles northeast of Rome. He struggled in asceticism from his youth in deserted regions, where his example drew many who desired to emulate him. Hence, he ascended Mount Cassino in Campania and built a monastery there. The Rule […]
For more than one hundred years the Church of Christ was troubled by the persecution of the Iconoclasts of evil belief, beginning in the reign of Leo the Isaurian (717-741) and ending in the reign of Theophilus (829-842). After Theophilus's death, his widow the Empress Theodora (celebrated Feb. 11), together with the Patriarch Methodius (June […]
The martyrdom of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebasteiaia is a powerful lesson in Christian faith, perseverance, sacrifice, and friendship. The story of this martyrdom begins in the early part of the 4th century when the persecution of Christians was still active. There were 40 soldiers of the Roman army who possessed sincere faith in […]
This friend of the court brief is the most recent effort of the Assembly of Bishops to further its particular interest of safeguarding the liberty of all Americans to practice their faith.
Therefore, on this year’s Mission Sunday, and every day, I pray that each of us will support the Holy Church’s most critical mission by praying for the missionaries and mission priests around the world
Just as Christ called his first disciples to service, so he calls his followers today.
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