Religion

: May 04 2023

Rare Mount Athos icon at Athens Cathedral for two weeks

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A rare Greek icon named Axion Esti from the all-male monastic community of Mount Athos was transported on Wednesday to Athens, where it will be exhibited for public veneration over the next two weeks.

The icon, which rarely leaves Mount Athos, was welcomed with honors accorded a head of state at the Athens Cathedral by Archbiship Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece, who had requested the action on the occasion of the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution in 1821. The event had been postponed due to the coronavirus epidemic.

The Byzantine-era icon depicts the Virgin Mary with the infant Jesus, and is covered in silver on all but the faces, and is an object of great veneration. The Axion Esti is considered the rarest object at the monastic community.

The Athens Cathedral will hold special liturgies on the occasion, including a morning service and an evening prayer. In addition, a more extensive liturgy led by prelates will be held on Sunday (May 7), Wednesday (May 10, mid-Pentecost), and Sunday (May 14).

: April 09 2023

Last Week’s Services at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, the National Shrine

This was another full week at the National Shrine. We were graced to have services performed by three different guest priests this week, and to receive more than 5,000 visitors over the course of the week.

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: March 21 2023

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios announced Lithuanian branch to vitiate Moscow influence

Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomaios said today that he would work with Lithuanian authorities to establish a new branch in the Baltic nation to ensure that believers are no longer under the sole supervision of Moscow.

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: March 05 2023

Sunday of Orthodoxy today

The Sunday of Orthodoxy is the first Sunday of Great Lent. The dominant theme of this Sunday since 843 A.D. is the restoration of the icons. In that year the iconoclastic controversy, which had raged on and off since 726 A.D., was finally laid to rest, and icons and their veneration were restored on the first Sunday in Lent. Ever since, this Sunday has been commemorated as the "Triumph of Orthodoxy."

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: December 10 2022

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America at the Holy Land

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Centennial Pilgrims and His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America, made their way to the Holy Land after paying respects to the Mother Church at the Phanar.

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: December 07 2022

Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church And National Shrine Officially Opens At The World Trade Center in New York City

New York – In a moving ceremony on the Feast Day of Saint Nicholas, the Church and National Shrine that bears his name celebrated its official opening today and the start of its full liturgical and parochial life for the first time in over two decades.

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: December 07 2022

Hellenic Daily News Followed St Nicholas' Church Restoration and Iconography (Video)

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The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicholas, in the center of Manhattan, was destroyed during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack at the World Trade Center, in New York. The iconic shrine reopened yesterday and it is not only one of the most important Greek Orthodox churches in America but also a cenotaph for the 3,000 souls lost on that day at the World Trade Center. Hellenic Daily News was there since day one with the man behind the ambitious and colossal project of Saint Nicholas' restoration and iconography, Lou Katsos.

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: July 08 2022

New York: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church Destroyed in September 11th Attacks, Reopens (pics)

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NEW YORK, NY— St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine was consecrated on Monday, July 4, in New York City. The original church, founded in 1916 on nearby Cedar Street in lower Manhattan, was destroyed in the aftermath of the attacks on 11th September.