Family and friends will gather next Monday (February 10) to remember Dr. Basil Papahronis, and they're sharing this ...

In “Midas Man,” the new film out this month in the United States about the late Beatles manager Brian Epstein, an early, ...

The Orthodox distinctiveness lies particularly in the preparation period, which includes a fast starting on November 15—longer than Advent in the Catholic tradition. This liturgical period ...

Helen Goumas It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our Mother and Grandmother “Yiayia” Helen (Eleni) Goumas. She was born in Gythion, ...

The funeral of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania was held in Tirana, with Ecumenical Patriarch ...

Archbishop Anastasios, who has passed away after almost 33 years as Primate, rebuilt hundreds of churches and schools, had a canny eye for business – and did his best to stay out of nationalist ...

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

For the first time in Wollongong, a boy and a girl have together claimed the honour of saving the holy cross of Jesus Christ as the Illawarra Macedonian Orthodox community celebrates one of its ...

The following Monday, at the beginning of the fifth week of Great Lent, his funeral service was held in the Orthodox church in London. A prayer was found in Ludwell’s handwritten collection of ...

According to her, it is common for many families in Akwa Ibom to keep the corpses of their relatives in a room because “they don´t have money to pay for a funeral”. This is deeply embarrassing.