Source: The Orthodox Church in America SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] The Clergy Wives Ministry of the Orthodox Church in America will offer a Zoom retreat from noon to 1 pm (EST) on Saturday, May 17th. Our speaker on the topic of “Pride” will be Archimandrite Sergius (Bowyer), who is the Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk in Pennsylvania. A native Californian and a convert to Orthodoxy, Father Sergius over the years has become well-known for his ability to reach audiences and explain various aspects of the Orthodox faith. As the abbot of a monastery, as a father confessor to many,…
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Source: Orthodox Church in America ROME, ITALY [OCA] With the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon, a delegation of the Orthodox Church in America traveled to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, who reposed on April 21, 2025. The delegation, appointed by His Beatitude, was comprised of His Grace Bishop Andrei of Cleveland, Auxiliary to the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, and Archpriest Alessandro Margheritino, Acting Chancellor and Secretary of the Orthodox Church in America. The funeral services took place on Saturday, April 26, in Saint Peter’s Square, where an estimated 400,000 people gathered. Upon their arrival on April 25,…
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Source: Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA Christ is Risen! Truly, He is Risen! PHOTO CREDIT: ORTHODOX OBSERVER: Dimitrios Panagos NEW YORK – With gratitude to our Risen Lord Jesus Christ, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches and of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America gathered in fraternal love and prayer on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine at Ground Zero in New York City. This sacred occasion, which began with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the Feast of…
Source: Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the USA NEW YORK – During the joyful season of Bright Week, after the celebration of the Feast of Feasts, our Lord Jesus Christ’s salvific resurrection, the Assembly of Bishops’ Executive Committee met today at Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine in Lower Manhattan, New York. Earlier that morning, they gathered for a time of prayer and thanksgiving during the celebration of the Divine Liturgy for the feast of the Life-Giving Spring of the Theotokos (Zoodochos Peghe) and met with Hierarchical members of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches. In the…
Source: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Holy Eparchial Synod Communiqué Today, April 10, 2025, the John Templeton Foundation announced that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is the 2025 Templeton Prize Laureate. Upon learning of this distinguished honor, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros convened an extraordinary session of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America with the sole agenda item to share the happy news and to celebrate this momentous occasion. In his address to the Synod, Archbishop Elpidophoros stated: “This recognition of the Templeton Prize, which is without any doubt the world’s…
Source: The National Herald By TNH Staff ATHENS – With investment opportunities growing in everything from bitcoins to online lenders, the Church of Greece is readying an application for a license to establish a digital bank in the next few months. It’s been planned quietly for several years, said Kathimerini, a source not named saying that it’s created debate among the clergy and whether it’s appropriate for the church to be involved in the field that includes lending and sometimes foreclosures. The report said the documents would be submitted to the Bank of Greece by May or early June, moving…
Source: Orthodox Times The Holy Metropolis of Germany issued an official announcement warning the faithful about two individuals who do not belong to the canonical Orthodox Church and are not recognized by any legitimate ecclesiastical authority. The first is Monk Savvas, a former member of the monastic community of Mount Athos, who was expelled by the Holy Community of Mount Athos. Since his expulsion, he has continued to present himself as an “Elder of Mount Athos,” despite having no affiliation with the monastic republic or any canonical Orthodox body. The second is Panagiotis Papadopoulos, a defrocked former cleric who now…
Source: The National Herald By Theodore Kalmoukos BOSTON – A modern-day ‘miracle’ has taken place in the Metropolis of Boston, specifically in the state of Massachusetts, where two historic communities -Saints Constantine and Helen in Chicopee and Holy Trinity in Holyoke – have merged or, more accurately, unified. Each of these communities has existed for approximately one hundred years and are located near each other. The number of members, particularly in Saints Constantine and Helen, had declined, making unification necessary and bringing hope for the future of Holy Trinity in Holyoke, which is larger and generally stronger in terms of…
Source: The National Herald LOMBARD, IL – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago has successfully developed and launched a fully automated digital registry for ecclesiastical records, the first of its kind among the Metropolises of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The new system boosts accuracy, reduces paperwork, and makes vital records – including baptism, chrismation, marriage, and funeral certificates – easier for clergy to submit and for the laity to access. In addition to streamlining the process, the digital registry reduces long-term operating costs. “Our new digital registry system is a modest step toward greater efficiency, allowing clergy more…
Source: Orthodox Church in America SPRINGFIELD, VA [OCA] To the clergy, monastics, and faithful of the Orthodox Church in America, beloved children in the Lord, This year, the Orthodox Church in America marks the 100th anniversary of the repose of Saint Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and Enlightener of North America. It is now a full century since this great missionary and churchman fell asleep in the Lord on the feast of the Annunciation (March 25/April 7, 1925), dying as a confessor for the faith under the Soviet yoke. In celebration of this centennial, the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church in…