Spirituality
Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John
The Beheading of the Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John is commemorated today, August 29, by the Orthodox Church. The...
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Why do we light candles in the church
Why do we light candles in the church? How many candles should we light? What color is the candle and...
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The more you are sanctified
Prayer, repentance and almsgiving: give at least a glass of water if you don’t have money. And you may know...
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Memory of Venerable Moses the Ethiopian of Scete
The Orthodox Church commemorates today Venerable Moses the Ethiopian of Scete, and Martyrs Diomedes and Laurence. The Orthodox Church also...
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Why do we bake the Fanouropita?
Fanouropita is a Greek fasting-appropriate cake brought as an offering to Saint Phanourius for helping people find lost things and...
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Memory of Saint Phanourius the Great Martyr
The Church today honors the memory of Saint Poemen, one of the great hermit in the desert of Egypt, who...
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The position of women in the Church
By Kyriaki Christodoulou, Philologist "Neither is man independent of woman, nor woman independent of man, in the Lord" (1 Corinthians...
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Why do we cense – What does the incense symbolize
Why do we cense? What does the incense symbolize? What is the censer? What does incense symbolize? How is the...
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Memory of Martyrs Adrian and Natalia
Our Church today commemorates Saints Adrian and Natalia, who lived in Nicomedia during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-311)....
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Translation of the relics of Apostle Bartholomew
The Church commemorates the Translation of the Holy Relics of the Apostle Bartholomew or Nathanael, who was one of the...
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Sunday of Thomas: Commemorating the Belief Beyond Doubt
Introduction The Orthodox Church observes the Sunday of Thomas one week following the celebration of the Sunday of Holy...
Metropolitan of Kyiv met Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov
The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv, met on April 18, 2026, with the...
Rector of the University of Athens Gerasimos Siasos named Archon of the Patriarchate of Alexandria
In an atmosphere of Paschal joy, on Bright Friday, April 17, 2026, at the Patriarchal Monastery of Saint George...
Patriarch of Serbia consecrated chapel at Mislođin
Patriarch Porfirije of Serbia on Friday, April 17, 2026, presided over the consecration of a chapel and a newly...
Archbishop of America met Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
On Friday, April 17, 2026, Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern Diocese), visited Archbishop...
Ontario Parliamentarians briefed on the Ecumenical Patriarchate
On Bright Friday, April 17, 2026, a dedicated briefing on the Ecumenical Patriarchate and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew...
