Religion

: November 19 2023

USCIRF report: Examination of threats to religious sites in Turkey

A report on the threats to non-Muslim religious properties in Turkey was released on Monday by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) titled “Examination of Threats to Religious Sites in Turkey.”

: November 19 2023

New York 2023 Project of the Year: Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

Nine years after its groundbreaking—and 21 years after its predecessor was destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks—the 12,000-sq-ft Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine opened in 2022 in Manhattan as a compact marvel of design and craft quality, topped by an intricate structural steel dome with a translucent marble exterior.

: November 09 2023

Saint Nektarios celebrates today - Patron saint of the weak and one of the greatest saints of the Orthodox Church

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Saint Nektarios, the Metropolitan of Pentapolis in Egypt and one of the greatest saints of the Orthodox Church is honored by our Church every year on November 9th.

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: September 25 2023

Our warmest congratulations to His Eminence, Metropolitan Apostolos, for his enthronement at the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey (Photos)

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Photo Credit: Consulate General of Greece in New York

On Sunday, September 17, 2023 His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey celebrated his first Hierarchical Divine Liturgy following his Enthronement as the new Metropolitan of the sacred Metropolis of New Jersey at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Theologian in Tenafly, New Jersey.

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: July 21 2023

Turkish authorities forbid the liturgy at Panaghia Soumela on August 15

According to Greek diplomatic sources, the Turkish authorities' decision to forbid the liturgy at the historic Orthodox monastery of Panaghia Soumela on the 15th of August, a very important day for all Orthodox Christians, is an extremely disappointing development for all Orthodox Greeks who expected to visit the Monastery this year.

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: May 04 2023

Rare Mount Athos icon at Athens Cathedral for two weeks

Photo: AMNA

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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