1+ day, 47+ min ago  (241+ words) The Archdiocese of America announced the falling asleep in the Lord of the ever-memorable Elder Joseph, Abbot and founder of the Holy Monastery of Saint Nektarios in New York, a spiritual child of the ever-memorable and saintly Elder Ephraim of…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (252+ words) The Holy Metropolis of Sweden and All Scandinavia has announced to the faithful of the Mother Church in Scandinavia the addition of two new volunteer clergy members to its ranks, to support and strengthen its missionary and pastoral work. This…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (216+ words) The prophet declares: "He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief." In these words, we recognize Christ, abandoned, misunderstood, and betrayed. On this very night, He is handed over, denied, and left alone....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (166+ words) After 40 days, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre reopened its doors, having remained closed due to restrictive measures imposed as a result of the war. This followed a revision of the guidelines for places of worship in Jerusalem by the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (257+ words) On the morning of Great Wednesday, 8 April 2026, the customary visits of the Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood took place under the leadership Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, on the occasion of the Easter of the Western Churches. The Holy Sepulchre Brotherhood first…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (190+ words) The community of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Norwalk, Connecticut welcomed Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on the evening of Monday, April 6, for the Orthros of Great and Holy Tuesday, the Second Bridegroom Service. Celebrating alongside Archbishop Elpidophoros was Proistamenos…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (558+ words) The Georgian Patriarchate has issued a clarifying statement regarding the status of the Monasteries of Saint Jacob, Saint Nino, and the Holy Spirit in the United States. As explained, the abbots of the aforementioned monasteries were defrocked last year, while…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (217+ words) The community of Kimisis tis Theotokou Greek Orthodox Church in Island Park, New York, welcomed Archbishop Elpidophoros of America on the evening of Sunday, April 5, for the Orthros of Great and Holy Monday, the First Bridegroom Service. Celebrating alongside Archbishop…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (633+ words) On Sunday, 5 April 2026, Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated Palm Sunday as the commemoration of the triumphant entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, when the children of the Hebrews received Him, spreading their garments before Him and crying…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (429+ words) On Palm Sunday, April 5, 2026, Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden delivered a deeply theological and pastoral homily during the ordination to the priesthood of Rev. Dr. Christian Nils Krister Tano at St. George Cathedral in Stockholm. Opening his address, the Metropolitan highlighted…...