Yesterday, February 14, 2025, festivities continued at the 48th Annual Greek Orthodox Folk Dance & Choral Festival in Anaheim, California. A ministry of the Metropolis of San Francisco, the yearly event draws dance and choral competitors from across the West Coast and beyond.
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Hundreds of Greek Orthodox faithful from across the West Coast and as far as Honolulu, Vancouver, and Kavala gathered in Anaheim, California on February 13, 2025, for the Metropolis of San Francisco’s 48th annual Greek Orthodox Folk Dance and Choral Festival (FDF).
This week, the Orthodox Observer conducted an interview with Demetrios S. Katos, President of Hellenic College Holy Cross (HCHC). Keep reading to learn about President Katos's vision for the future of HCHC.
The annual Three Hierarchs Program, held this year on January 24, 20205, is a cherished tradition for over 15 years, bringing together the communities of St. George in Asbury Park/Ocean and St. Barbara's of Toms River for a special celebration.
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 […]
The Holy Fathers have appointed the commemoration of Adam's exile from the Paradise of delight here, on the eve of the holy Forty-day Fast, demonstrating to us not by simple words, but by actual deeds, how beneficial fasting is for man, and how harmful and destructive are insatiety and the transgressing of the divine commandments. […]
Venerable Gerasimos lived during the reign of king Constantine Pogonatos in 670, as Sophronios of Jerusalem, who wrote his life, attests. He had fear of God since childhood and, after he became a monk, he went to the deepest parts of the desert of Thebais. He reached such a height of virtue and was graced […]
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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