Agreement Reached Between Holy Cross and Maliotis Center
BOSTON – The battles raged for ten years in the legal conflict between Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology and the Maliotis Cultural Center, costing millions in legal fees on both sides, but...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Urges Patriarch of Jerusalem Not to Persist on Holding...
CONSTANTINOPLE – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a strong letter to Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem regarding his “initiative” to invite the primates of the Orthodox Churches...
View ArticleThree Hierarchs and Greek Letters Celebrations
NEW YORK – In commemoration of the Holy Three Hierarchs (Saint Basil the Great, Saint Gregory the Theologian, and Saint John Chrysostom), on January 30th, the Office of Education of the Greek Orthodox...
View ArticleHCHC Gets Two-Year Probation from New England Commission of Higher Education
BOSTON – The New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) has placed Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology on two-year probation, as TNH had already revealed in its...
View ArticleFirst-Ever Vasilopita Celebration at St. Photios National Shrine
ST AUGUSTINE, Fla. – In an effort to maintain the traditions and customs of the first Greek settlers that arrived on the American continent, St. Photios National Shrine hosted its first-ever Vasilopita...
View ArticleLeadership 100 Conference to Present Full Program
NEW YORK – The 29th Annual Leadership 100 Conference, which will convene February 20-23, 2020 at The Breakers in Palm Beach and will be attended for the first time by His Eminence Archbishop...
View Article3 Dead, 100-Plus Injured in Collapse during Ethiopia Orthodox Epiphany Ceremony
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – At least three people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a wooden stand erected for the colorful Epiphany celebration collapsed in Ethiopia on Monday, an official...
View ArticleOrdination to the Episcopacy of Bishop Elpidios of Kyanea
SYDNEY – His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia ordained to the Holy Episcopacy His Grace Bishop Elpidios of Kyeanea at the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Sydney. Elpidios was...
View ArticleTraditional Cutting of the Vasilopita of the Metropolis of Belgium
BRUSSELS – His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium and Exarch of the Netherlands and Luxembourg presided over the ceremony of the cutting of the Vasilopita of the Holy Metropolis of Belgium...
View ArticlePatriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem: “We Face Unprecedented Threats to Our Life...
AMMAN, JORDAN – During a recent meeting of the Anglican Communion Primates with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem in Amman, Jordan, he said in his welcoming remarks that, “we face unprecedented threats...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Participates at Davos Economic Forum
DAVOS, Switzerland – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew participated at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland where he delivered a homily entitled Climate Politics is...
View ArticleU.S. Ambassador for Religious Freedom Visits Patriarch Bartholomew
CONSTANTINOPLE – United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback visited the seat of Ecumenical Patriarchate and met with His All Holiness ecumenical Patriarch...
View ArticlePatriarch of Jerusalem Welcomes Progress on Release of Naama Issachar
JERUSALEM – On January 23, His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of Jerusalem, expressed his joy as he welcomed the progress towards the release of Naama Issachar, following a meeting today between...
View ArticleArchbishop Elpidophoros Visits Sts. Constantine and Helen and Pearl Harbor in...
HONOLULU – Archbishop Elpidophoros of America made his first archpastoral visit to Sts. Constantine and Helen parish in Honolulu Hawaii. The last time that the parish was visited by an Archbishop was...
View ArticlePrince Charles Talks about Greek Orthodox Grandmother who Saved Jews from the...
JERUSALEM – Britain’s Prince Charles on January 24 paid a solemn visit to the tomb of his Greek Orthodox grandmother, who sheltered Jews during the Holocaust and whose tumultuous life was marked by...
View ArticleFather D Brings the Orthodox Faith in Unorthodox Ways
Religion can often be seen as a stuffy business but Greek-American priest Father Dimitri Lee, a Wisconsin native born to a Greek mother (family from Kefalonia) and an American father who converted to...
View ArticleHave Faith in Saint Nicholas!
We were shocked by the appearance of a paid advertisement in the National Herald a few days ago urging our Omogeneia to abandon the St. Nicholas National Shrine. The completion of the Saint Nicholas...
View ArticleA Plea for Saint Nicholas
The appearance of a paid advertisement in the National Herald not a few days ago, with a long list of παράπονα (complaints) against our Archdiocese and the St. Nicholas National Shrine in particular,...
View ArticleEcumenical Patriarch: “We Reject the Phrase ‘There Is No Alternative’”
DAVOS – His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew spoke at the 50th World Economic Forum in Davos about the role of religious faith in creating a sustainable world with social cohesion, and the...
View ArticlePavlopoulos Urges Theophilos to Stand by Patriarch Bartholomew
JERUSALEM – The President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos urged Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem to stand in support with His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The President...
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